COMMON CARRIER MOTOR FREIGHT ASS'N, INC. v. NCH CORP.

No. 3-89-170-CV.

788 S.W.2d 207 (1990)

COMMON CARRIER MOTOR FREIGHT ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Appellants, v. NCH CORPORATION, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled May 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Whisenhunt, Robinson, Felts, Starnes, Angenend & Mashburn, Austin, for Common Carrier Motor Freight Ass'n, Inc., Big State Freight Lines, Inc., Brown Express, Inc., Cent. Freight Lines, Inc., and Herder Truck Lines, Inc.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Douglas Fraser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for RR. Com'n of Texas and its Members.

Owen T. Kinney, McElroy & Sullivan, Austin, for NCH Corp., Nat. Small Shipments Traffic Conference, Inc., and Health and Personal Care Distribution Conference, Inc.

Before SHANNON, C.J., and CARROLL and ABOUSSIE, JJ.


SHANNON, Chief Justice.

Appellants Common Carrier Motor Freight Association, Inc. (carriers) and the Railroad Commission seek to set aside the judgment of the district court of Travis County. By its judgment, the district court overturned the Commission's order directing the issuance of tariffs that would limit the liability of carriers for damage done to freight in their possession. Appellees are several shipper associations...

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