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OFFICE OF THE ATt-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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Ralkad Oonairsica di Tea8 

Austia, Tbxba 

vhloh rbbda ln put bS r0i 

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al or rbid fitlyfwthw hoW.aq b 

0 uith vhbt YO ocal db o lr loor b th b 

Y.& o r , the bp 1iaat, la ooopbmtlon vlth 

thaAluR0 ?reight Lb a, Peprermt4a to the oommission thbt a settlau~t and Oomponall~ wrmgamint had been vorkbd out between them, aa the 00 
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iallroad 00ml881ai OS TOXLI, tag@ 2 

hand, and-their opponents la the aforesaid litlgCtian, am the other hand, vhoreb & aotlcm for 

rehowlng would 'be 3ll.d addrue ei to the ordos 

denying the appllcrrtlon ln toto In whloh aa&& 

roti= and in aonnrotioa thorovlth there vould 

k a dlrolrlmer a8 to all part8 of the rpplloatloa to @lob thbF* WI8 mt. OppoUtlai or potomtj rrrd that, ii the Oommlsslon VW vllling, 

the motlan for rehuriag, M to the tmooiitr8tsd 

pa&, oould be 

uf= 

tad and, u to that put, a 

owtifloate oo d be 18ruedj and that than the 

Alamo t'reight Llnsr vould take over the Rllte, 

oporrted by WoCrary, and pay off oortda C.O.D. 

o la lrme h lovh o r b* einr88ested g l g8ln8t M o Cx wy 

and vhfoh renminrd unpaid and about vhioh 8evere 

oomplaints vece being lodged with thlr Comml8- 

8lOll ,--it being FODFe8~tad to thi8 oOmai88iCa 

that, in oameotion vlth thla motlan for rehemlng and dfrolaiaer aad the porslble 188uaaor of 

& oortlfloate u to what. ~a8 wprsamted to tm 

the mooateatod portion of the ~ro$osed route, 

there ~48 no protert or objeatlan from 8ayono and 

that the wttor had bera agreed upan a8 a oonrpromlao and rettlemrat. 

"Thfa motion 8ad dl8olrlmar Via fi'flul, OF8 

r 02 the p wp o u8 0r th is o p inio n, y o u ma y l 88uw 

that 'it uas illed, vithln the tvatf day8 next 

iollovi.ng the eatry of the order ot do&l61 roiming the houlng rub8equent to the oonoluaiar of 

the riorerald llti~tlm, 

"This motion md dlrb~lr Vu ret dovn for 

hea~irtg befor. one of the Oomairrlaaer'r examlne~a, whereum it developed that Sunset Truok 

Lf.nes had not, fn faot, agreed to &tf 8wh growdure or, at least, olalmed that thby nov4, did 

agree to any auoh promdurs~ and they ontored 

their appearsnor aa protertbntr sad have rigor0~17 protested the prooedwe, both an the ilots 

end the IAV, claiming, among other thlngr, th8t 
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this CObiSSiOn &S zl0 PWrr, OF authority to 

hold a 8erle8.of rohoaringrj aad tbt, yhen 

the motion and di~olalmw vas ill.&, there vat, 

ln fUt a nd ltt & v, l nW b~plio~tlt'n vhioh V88 

not in the fom OP in thr 8ub8t8aoo roqubod 

br the.St&Ute~ and that this 00m~f88lar &ad 

no pnnm to heas the uttor Or to deolde md 

di8908L 0r th0 Patter. 

‘The oxamlnrr hwd the motion and dlroltior and r~oommonded to the Oomisaic~ that the 

motion be grmted and that l oertlfloat. be 18- 

Sued a8 to the SO-Odbd UBOCikt@Sted portian Of 

the rout&,--all over th8 prdtert of Suet Truak 

-08, ho. 

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“Did thr Com~lsrlon have the paver &id 

authority to hear aad dl8po8e of the so-oalled 

mtlcm and dlsolaimer and the paver and authority to deoide and d.lrpOse of the SW and to 

188UO: the oUti?iOat~ M t0 the So-otiOd 7XaOcp1- 

taSt6d portlm; or vu the order of denial rob 

loving theheuingyhioh lf88 held 8Ub8OQXUlttO 

the Oozlo1USiOil of the lltl#tiQl finsJ. md OQIolaulv.in ruoh h8bianthatnO turthergrocadur. 

oould be hold in this 08u8.t 

'Uo&ld a oortifioate 188U.d ~WSU6IIt to th8 

hewlq vhioh vu bid br tb18 0CdXEtSSi~ SUborquent to thr oaaolU8iaa of th. r?oPOraid liti@- 

tlai 0~6~' the pPOtb8t Of hYi8.t 'h'Wk Iat!iOS 

et al, b 

or l rol & 

a mild oertlfiop or 8 void U od if""* loah 

blo Oertlfloat~t 

The U?ly hfStOl7 Of the appliOatiC+i io qW8tiOll 

18 SOt out in th. O&Se Of bUm8Ot TX'UOk 3&M&, fn0.r V'. Rall- 
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Railroad Oomml88lcm 0r tuu, tag0 0 

road Coml8siaa l t al, 134 9. Y. (2d) 373. As YO under- 

&w the fbCt8, the FWilPUd 0~881CUl, l l PO&tit Of 

the abovo dOalSlo& held a further hoeing cm Bald appllobtlon. Oa the Wlr:of uld hearfng, the Railroad oozeml881~ entePUl an ordor an ?ebrue.ry 20, 1910, denying 

the appuioatioa for b o- urrlw oairi0w. v0 

fmther und8rrtaad that the l pplloant filed 8 motion for 

a rohurlnp cad also filed a disolaime~ as to I- 0r 

.the POUte8 u Sat Out in the appllO8tlOa. Xour letter 

S~t68 that YO ISSY bSSUIIK4 tbt the &Of&X& fOP P&&Ph!tg 

md the dlsolalmer Md filed Yitb the Wlrorrd CO~SSiCQ 

within tv63ity (20) day8 r0ii0thg th0 wry 0r th0 0-r 

denyl.nR the l ppllaation. 8ubrequently, it l pp8aPs that 

tha Railroaddonuisslaodld$rantamotloa for a re@arln~. 

UO 8?0 Of th0 Op~lOZk tbt th0 !bitiord CO&&- 

.sian did ham the pww and authority, uuder the f8ots 

Set out herein, to hear and bi&po&* or the motial for a 

rehurlng . This 18 ISSOd UpOn a PUh Of the oOmai138iOII 

giving iILtOPO8tOd pUti tVOnty (20) day8 aftOP th6 ~IUtry or aa order to fllo a motion for a rehearing. Ia the 

oa88 or Sproles Wotor holght Line, Ino. et 81 Y. Smith 

et al, 130 8. W. (ad) 1087 (vrlt mfwedj, the Court raid: 

‘II Rval without the reoital 

above &obi in the order he~erfnvolved, the 

C0n~1lSai~ under it8 WI' PUNS giving LntereStOd pWtiO8 26 &yS 8ftOP tb Ont?y Of SUOh aZi 

order within vhioh to iii0 a eiotlon r0i rehwrin& oould have rot8ined jUriSdiOti0Q o1.P the 

subjeot matter 0r its order to the oxtent 0r 

hearing suoh motion. m8 ?tiO Ofth6 C@2UUiS810~ $8 &et Out Ln SQIth P. IBid %%UOfSP b 

Storage O., Tax. Olr. App., 97 S. Y. (26) 991, 

993, 8ad need not b8 ropeated here. Suoh 8 

rule 18 JSM.if68tly not wer8onablo, is hir 

to all parties ocsoorned, end affords the ComniSS1On aa opportunity upon a prop6r shoving 

to COlT6Ot w b?PO?S OP riStSkO8 ltmPLLLy hrW 

made in ltr orl&Ul order . . . 
Rbllroad Co~alrrlaa of Tuu, twr 5 

It iOiiW8 th8t if the Comm.iss1m had the authority 

to oonalder b-motion for l rehearing, the order entered on 

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z::m 

1940, hS.nOt fitU%i SO a8 t0 pP6Ohd4 further 

the Oamulsrlai. 

Wqdo not bell~evo that the quortlon of l purportl doonq)roml84 ha8 raybeuingoprtho QU48tiolrs hrnin inrolvod . If,‘under the law ad faots, the appllc-mt was entitled to have hi8 oe?tiiiO~to granted, no purported rpCreOment or 0 

T 

OdSO would inV'btid8t4 88id OePtlfl~tO. 

IIolther YO d an agreement or oompromlse b&veen the 8ppllo8nt and other intmnst6d ~tI48~nlI&t4 a OertlflOat4 

vhloh VU OthOl'V184 void: 

We am unable to dotermino whether or not the 

0OUllli4810~ had the authority cw 90veP to 188uO 8 oertlfloat6 b&Se& upw the applioatlan in QUOStiCSl. -the?, VI 

omnot determIne whether l uoh oertlfloat6 would be voidable, 

void or valid. The M&Ye?& to tdl484 qU48tiCQlS dopend UpOn 

may faot lrsu19s vhloh we oan neither antlolpste nor detrrmine. 

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