Colorado River Western Railway v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad

HUGHES, Justice.

This dispute is between the Colorado River Western Railway (CRW), appellant, and Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company (TNO), appellee, and involves the application or nonapplication of certain rates and charges as between themselves and which directly affect a nonparty shipper of sand and gravel, the Texas Construction Material Company (TCM).

The Railroad Commission of Texas and its members are also parties and appellants.

TNO operates in Texas and in other States and has extensive lines. CRW operates only in Texas and its single line, construction of which was completed in…