Angelina & Neches River R. Co. v. Railroad Commission

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court denying a temporary injunction restraining the Railroad Commission and its members from putting into effect or enforcing its order dated September 24, 1951 and styled “Railroad Freight Circular No. 19343,” which order purported to establish so-called “emergency” freight rates on live stock feedstuffs. Appellants, which are all the principal railroads of the State of Texas, comprise the membership of the Texas-Louisiana Freight Bureau.

On application from several live stock traffic associations alleging the existence of an…