St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Arkansas Commerce Comm'n

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is an application by the appellant, commonly called the Cotton Belt, for authority to close the railroad freight station at Fair Oaks, Arkansas. For many years the Cotton Belt and the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company jointly operated the Fair Oaks station, under an agreement made in 1912. In November, 1967, the Missouri Pacific elected to terminate the joint agreement, effective December 1, 1968. The Cotton Belt, foreseeing that the maintenance of the station would become solely its burden, gave notice of its intention to close the station. More than…