Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Railroad Commission

The Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company sued the Railroad Commission of Texas and its members in a Travis County district court, to set aside a Commission order denying the company’s application for leave to discontinue passenger train service on its branch line between Wharton and Palacios. The district court set the order aside and enjoined the,Commission from requiring passenger train service on this line so long as either (1) the operation is not necessary in the rendition of adequate service to the public, or (2) the passenger traffic offered and reasonably to be expected does not and…