Legal Opinion
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Lone Star Steel Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 17, 1973No. 8090PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, Justice.
This is a venue case. Lone Star Steel Company, plaintiff-appellee, instituted suit against thirteen railroad companies seeking to recover alleged overcharges on shipments of wrought iron and steel pipe from Lone Star’s plant at Daingerfield between the dates of January 21, 1963, and April 24, 1970. Appellee Lone Star Steel also requested the District Court of Morris County to enter a declaratory judgment determining the proper rates which should now be charged by railroads for shipments of steel pipe intrastate in Texas. The trial court overruled the pleas of privilege which were…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jackson v. Hall, C.J.Texas Supreme Court · 1948
- University Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Security Lumber Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1967
- North Texas Lumber Company v. KasparCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Day & Zimmermann, Inc. v. StricklandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Gulf Refining Co. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972