OFFICE OFTHEATI’ORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS **AUSTIN**

EonorabLo Jmaa b. Ellday~ nlr.Otbr mtor Xrani3portatlon Dlrision iiailroad Coramiesion of Texar **Au8 tin,**  Texas

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ord.er2, one dfmyine tlie ccntraot cerrlerapplication and tkie

other denying the oormon carriera~p,plIcatloh. ..nLd appealed to the Giatriat court or irctvis County, Texas, trozn

the order denying the contract oerrier appfIoa.tIon,

on tha ground &hat th6 hailroadCoaaaIreIon had, on harob 99, 1934, Isruada valid **order** granting **8** contract osrrierpsrmlt to imld. fn thle contention, =:ald was nuatalned. Smith YE. dald Transrerk 2torage Co., Xno., 07 :;.

h. (Ed) 991. %ald,‘e operationswere Intersteta, and m4x.m

tha FadsralLotor Carrier Lew **wa5** petsed, i.aid op~iledto **the Interstate**  **Conrasrce Conmission,**  **81~0, in**  **the** alternative,for a Contract CarrierZemIt or a Ccmnon Carrier Cartifioate. The XnteretateCommercle CommIasIongranted to gald a Cormon CarrierCertlilcate.
Weld has, eince 1995, been optratIngunder the authority of **the** Injunctionof the Travis County DIstrIot Court end It.6

Federal certltloate. The iiaIlroa6Codselon is raw willing to lasus to Kald Its oontreot earrler pcrmIt and truck plates. ?irald la wIllIng to 8ubmIt to the polioe power of tho RailroadCommIssIon but wantends that as his oparatione&aye been Interstate the Reilroad CommIaalon*aauthorftywas alway lltited to the question of the use of Texas roads by'kald and only lnaldenfally,IS at all, to t&e oharaoterof hIcr smvioa. 3% contends further that the InterstateConmerae Co,mmlesIon

has jurllrdiction

over the.oharaoter of his aervIae,**and hrin&**  found that he Ie a oommon carrier;and the Railroad CoamI8sIonand the Courta of this state having found that 'heIe entitled to use the highways, than the Railroad Comrnisslon should lenua to him, ae evidenae of his right to u80 tbs highway,a aomao~ carrier osrtifioateand oommon **aarrlar** plates.
*~ueatfon: Should the ~eifroed Comise~on under **the Pacts**  ~abore

set forth aa authorization for tho uao of the rotidle

ieaue to Leld a common carrier oertiiieate, or nhould It Isnue a aontraataarrlerp~rmIt?~

In tha case of %iOEp~on 5'8. MaDonald, 93 Psd. (Ed) 937, osrtlorarl

denied, it was held that tha motor aarrler act of 1938 passe% by the 74th Congresehad not aupexsedsdArtiole Qllb,Eon. 36LXb6 b. Kildoy, I%@ 3

vemon*r Civil Ltatutea,being tbe Texas Comon Carrier sotor MrfleF **LSW,** ill6Of&W 46 th6 POWOF Of the klbO& CO~:1661OII Of

~~~~ to invastl~ete and pa6e upon the sufflcl4noy **0r** tbe part;- OU&F highway tO stand the added tF6fiiOburden i6 OonOeFQd. m0 Aosttn axid

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Carts 0r Ciril Appeal6have followed the bou$rigOf the !fCnOMld C6QO iSl a XKl&haF

Or Oa608, in BoaEe

Of &fob WFit6 **Ot** eFrOF **Were denied.**  &bile the iiailroad COIPIG~B- #loo, 16 WithCUt jUri6diOtiOQ t0 inCtlh-0

intO the QU66tiOII

Ot 00nranienoo

and nnoessity upon the iil+g of en applicationror 6 0ert~ficata

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to do **purely** an InterstatebU6in666, it dill lies w&thin the sound dlsoretionot the riallmad COGfia#ion to grant or deny such a **oertiiioate** or.per&itdepending ppon the oonditlonof the partioufarhighway sought to be u66d in soeh operation. Fran the Wats outlinedby you, it appear6 **XaU** 

### Tren6rer **&. Storage**  **Co. 1x10.**  reoeired iron 

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a OOntraOta6rrieFpeX'V&t. %&it thereafterth0 Ilailroad

Co60alsaion

attemptedto resalnd the Order grantlrig th6 pmn.%t. 521s

Court of Civil **Appeal6** held that the latter order war maid, lsaving the OFder gF6ntfngths peF5liti In Pull toroe and eireiot.The judgmnt OS the wutt va6 such a~ to peridt hti to therclaiter-operate under 6uah permit. The grurtlngof the **oontmot** oaxvi~er

pezxit marriedwltb it a finding **that** the high**W8)a** WQUld Stand the add6d tFSiffi0 bur46n which **WOUld** fOllti iF= the OpQmtiOn Of thS pBFIE% A 0omon orrriorQotor oar**FIEF** Ootilflaata**la a**  **broader** 6UthOFity than a contrafd zanier persIt and would authoriaoa **bOEitieF burden**  **Upan** the **hi&hut&ye.** The Eailraad Coannir6ion baring g;ranted

to "bald **Tnnefer** and Storage Conrpany, Inc. oaly the authority to ~66 **the hi@lW6ytB**  **6UrbifOiMtiY t0**  **fulfill** the **OOlltmOt6** iQVOlVd tn the applioat2onand pemlt and tke'oourtShavine done no mm th6~ to 6cmfim thet petit it to3&~6 that m0h oonoernha6 netef obtained from **the** Golaeireion or fawt the oourte 6x1~authority to orpanb his u6e of the blghmafs from that OS a contr60t aamler to thst of ooxaon earrlsr. Tb6 60tfon of the IQttlF6ttlte CO&meroe Oolnnfesion Iti the **promiNw¶** baa BO legal braring upon tam wlonttan. The operatorbae a dontmut 0aFri8rpsFmit. x0 objeotfon ~16 86~0 to the gmntfng of another parleit ident&tal with that one ior the **puFpa60** Of ooJlftmLfng the BeQ4. BOWOY~Y, the Go~!u~i66ion 6bouM Bat iesue **to** the oon~srna wimaOn @UF~UF aertlffoateexospt and,ualeaa tt be upon another and diffareatapplication.

roure very truly