ARKANSAS FUEL OIL COMPANY v. STATE

No. A-4758.

280 S.W.2d 723 (1955)

ARKANSAS FUEL OIL COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. The STATE of Texas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 27, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Butler, Binion, Rice & Cook, Lloyd F. Thanhouser, Harry G. Dippel, Ward T. Jones, Burney Braly, Rex G. Baker, Nelson Jones, David T. Searls, John C. Jackson, Robert J. Derby and S. A. L. Morgan, Houston, Carey K. West, Jr., Cecil C. Cammack, Cantey, Hanger, Johnson, Scarborough & Gooch, Sloan Blair, Gillis A. Johnson, Warren Scarborough, Carlisle Cravens and Charles L. Stephens, Fort Worth, Ireland Graves, Black & Stayton, Dan Moody, Ben H. Powell, Everett L. Looney and Coleman Gay, Austin, Earl A. Brown and Chas. B. Wallace, Dallas, J. F. Hulse and Louis A. Scott, El Paso, E. H. Foster, Amarillo, H. C. Walker, Jr., Shreveport, La., R. O. Mason and Walter L. Barnes, Bartlesville, Okl., H. C. Manning and Archie D. Gray, Houston and V. R. Tomlinson, New York City, for petitioners.

John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., and Willis E. Gresham, Burnell Waldrep, Robert S. Trotti, W. Hugh Lyerly and John Reeves, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondent.


WILSON, Justice.

This is an antitrust case brought by the State under Title 126, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St., and Section 26, Art. I, Texas Constitution, Vernon's Ann.St., for injunction and for penalties provided by Art. 7436, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St., against our petitioners as defendants.

The various defendants filed a great many special exceptions to the State's petition. After an extensive hearing the trial court sustained all special exceptions. The State declined...

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