Railroad Commission of Texas v. Central Freight Lines, Inc.

HUGHES, Justice.

This suit was brought by Central Freight Lines, Inc., Red Arrow Freight Lines, Inc. and Merchants Fast Motor Lines, Inc., ap-pellees, seeking invalidation of certain orders of the Railroad Commission of Texas granting V. C. Bilbo Common Carrier Motor Carrier authority to provide services in competition with appellees. The trial court granted appellees the relief sought. The Commission and Bilbo have appealed.

On September 30, 1964, V. C. Bilbo filed an application with the Railroad Commission seeking to amend Limited Common Carrier Certificate No. 3039 so as to authorize the…