Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission

McCALEB, Justice.

This case involves the application of plaintiff railroad for permission to discontinue its agency station at Pitkin, Louisiana, a small rural community (less than 800 persons 'within a radius of 3 miles) in Vernon Parish. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of Texas, does business, both interstate and intrastate, as a common carrier in Louisiana, its lines extending from points in Texas to Oakdale, Louisiana and' for many years has operated freight agency stations at De Ridder (Beauregard Parish), Pitkin (Vernon Parish), and…