Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. State

CONNER, Chief Justice.

This suit was duly instituted by the State of Texas, acting by her Attorney-General, to recover a penalty for an alleged violation of article 4573, Revised Statutes, in that appellant demanded and received a greater sum for freight than allowable under the rate fixed by the Railroad Commission of Texas upon a shipment of corn by the Samuel Hardin Grain Company from Texarkana, Texas, to Goldthwaite, Texas. The trial was before the court without a jury, and resulted in a judgment in favor of the State. The facts as found by the trial court seem to be practically…