Inman v. Railroad Commission

O’QUINN, Justice.

Burke W. Inman and eight other special motor carriers for hire filed separate suits in district court of Travis County to enjoin the conduct of trucking operations pursuant to certain orders of the Railroad Commission of Texas and for judgment declaring the orders invalid.

The suits arose from action of the Railroad Commission granting authority to nine of twenty-eight applicants to transport agricultural products in their natural state between various points in Texas. All plaintiffs filed protests with respect to the applications and participated in the consolidated hearings…