Galveston Chamber of Commerce v. Railroad Commission of Texas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Travis County; Chas. A. Wilcox, Judge. Action by the Galveston Chamber of Commerce and others against the Railroad Commission of Texas and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, J.
The plaintiffs’ petition alleged substantially:(1) That the purpose of this suit is to enjoin and restrain the Railroad Commission of Texas from enforcing certain rules, rates, and orders of the Commission complained of.(2) That the Galveston Chamber of Commerce is a corporation, having no capital stock, composed of persons engaged in business in the city of Galveston; that the other plaintiffs, except Eugene Bailey and A. P. Landers, are engaged in the wholesale business in said city, doing business with the interior of Texas, and that said Bailey and Landers are farmers, raising products in…
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