Melton v. Railroad Commission of Texas

By bill filed March 26th, plaintiff complains of the Commission’s so-called tender or permit rules, requiring persons proposing to ship petroleum products to show that they were processed from legally produced oil. He sues the Railroad Commission and. the Attorney General primarily, and inci•dentally joins in the suit railroad companies which he alleges have refused to ship his oil because of threats oí prosecution if they do it without a Commission permit. ITe seeks an interlocutory and a final injunction, restraining the Commission and the Attorney General from enforcing against him the…