Legal Opinion

Railroad Commission v. Weld & Seville

Texas Supreme Court

Decided March 10, 1902No. 1081PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. Weld & Seville and others sued the Bailroad Commission of Texas,, and obtained judgment, from which defendant appealed. The appeal, having been dismissed because the judgment appealed from was held not, final, the Bailroad Commission obtained writ of error.

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Associate Justice.

Under articles 4565 and 4566 of the Revised Statutes, Weld & Seville and others not necessary to name instituted this suit in the District Court of the Twenty-sixth District, Travis County, against the Bailroa'd Commission of Texas to have certain rates fixed by the commission and certain orders, rules, and regulations adopted by it in reference to the shipment of cotton declared to be unreasonable and unjust as to the petitioners. A very brief statement of the case will be sufficient for the decision of the question presented by this writ of error.

The plaintiffs’…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Fort Worth & New Orleans Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Banton v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 1849
  3. Belt v. DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1850

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Alpha Petroleum Co. v. TerrellTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
  2. Alpha Petroleum Co. v. TerrellTexas Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Hargrove v. Insurance Investment Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1944
  4. Texas Steel Co. v. Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1931
  5. West Texas Compress & Warehouse Co. v. Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1929

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