Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Texas & Pacific Ry. Co.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

Appellant Humble Oil & Refining Company, plaintiff in the trial court, filed this suit against the Texas and Pacific Railway Company, defendant, for $410,335.29, alleged to be the amount of freight over-’ charges on 31,852 tank cars containing more than 7,000,000 barrels of sour ci;ude oil. These tank cars of oil moved during the period, October 13, 1947 to May 31, 1948, over appellee’s rail line from Midland, Texas, to Longview, Texas, and Camps, Texas.

Appellant’s suit is based on its claim that the oil in question was entitled to move under intrastate instead of…