Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co. v. Railroad Commission
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. E. Brunot, Judge. Action by the Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Company against the Railroad Commission of Louisiana. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
In the early part of the year 1914, the plaintiff company was operating a daily motor car passenger service between Morgan City and Washington, La. The train traveled over the main line from Morgan City to Lafayette; thence on what is called the Alexandria Branch to Washington. On the 9th of May of that year, the plaintiff filed an application with the Railroad Commission for permission to change the schedule of the motor train, known as Nos. 15 and 16 on the Alexandria Branch, so that train No. 15 would leave Lafayette at 6 a. m., and run beyond Washington to Alexandria, arriving there at 10…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co. v. Railroad CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
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