Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. "Writ of error was obtained by the Texas & Pac. Ry. Co. and numerous other railroads, plaintiffs below, on a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals reversing and rendering in favor of appellant Commission a judgment of the trial court granting an injunction against the enforcement of one of its orders.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brown
Article 4571 of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1895 (Art. 6667, Rev. Stats., 1911), contains this language: “Said commission shall have the power to prescribe a system of bookkeeping to be observed by all the railroads subject hereto, under the penalties prescribed in this article. ’ ’
In the exercise of that authority the Railroad Commission of the State prescribed what it claims to be a system of bookkeeping for the government of all railroads operated within this State.
The Texas & Pacific Railway Company, the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company, and other railroad companies, all…
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