RAILROAD COMMISSION v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY

No. 11822.

468 S.W.2d 125 (1971)

RAILROAD COMMISSION of Texas et al., Appellants, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crawford C. Martin, Atty., Gen., Nola White, 1st Asst. Atty., Gen., Alfred Walker, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas F. Sedberry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Rankin, Kern & Martinez, H. H. Rankin, Jr., McAllen, for appellants.

McKay & Avery, John J. McKay, Austin, for appellee.


O'QUINN, Justice.

Southern Pacific Transportation Company, formerly Southern Pacific Company, applied to the Railroad Commission for authority to discontinue the company's railroad agency at Elsa, in Hidalgo County, and to transfer that agency's duties to Edinburg, a distance of about twelve miles. In its technical aspects the application sought to discontinue the existing agency, retire the depot, and change applicable tariffs to show Elsa as a non-agency station...

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