North Texas Coach Co. v. Morten

Appeal from a judgment of dismissal after sustaining a plea in abatement on the ground of another suit pending between the same parties and involving the same subject-matter. The suit was by the North: Texas (appellant) against Morten and the Railroad Commission (appellees) to set aside certain orders of the commission, granting to Morten certificates of convenience and necessity to operate bus lines over state highways. We think the points in issue may be more readily understood by a chronological statement of the controlling facts.

In 1928 the North Texas operated a bus line between Fort…