RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS v. JACKSON

No. A-6027.

299 S.W.2d 266 (1957)

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS et al., Petitioners, v. L. S. JACKSON, d/b/a Hub Motor Lines et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., Gordon Thrall, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joe W. Wheeler, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioners, Railroad Commission of Texas.

Grady L. Fox, Amarillo, Small, Small & Craig, Austin, for Curry Motor Freight Lines, Inc.

Benson & Howard, Lubbock, Looney, Clark & Moorhead, Thomas E. James and Charles D. Mathews, Austin, for respondents.


NORVELL, Justice.

By the transfer of a certificate of public convenience and necessity from Hub Motor Lines to Lang Transit Company, the latter would be enabled to operate a through line from Amarillo to Lubbock by way of Olton. The Railroad Commission refused to approve the transfer reciting in its order that:

"* * * The Commission finds from the evidence and from its records that the acquisition of this authority by Lang Transit Co., together with recent...

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