Case Name: BATES v. RAILROAD COMMISSION et al.
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1940-03-13
Citations: 138 S.W.2d 1104
Docket Number: No. 8988
Parties: BATES v. RAILROAD COMMISSION et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 138
Pages: 1104–1104

Head Matter:
BATES v. RAILROAD COMMISSION et al.
No. 8988.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Austin.
March 13, 1940.
Rehearing Denied April 10, 1940.
A. M. Felts, of Austin, for appellant.
Gerald C. Mann, Atty. Gen., and Glenni R. Lewis and Geo. W. Barcus, Asst. Attys.. Gen., for appellees.

Opinion:
McClendon, chief justice.
Appeal from a final judgment of dismissal (after sustaining a general demurrer and Bates's declining to amend) in a suit in which Bates sought to enjoin the Commission, its members, and certain other - officials and employees of the State, from; interfering with his operating over the state highways of twelve trucks, "in the-transportation of merchandise and freight for hire exclusively in interstate commerce-by motor vehicle." Bates had no certificate, permit or other authorization from the Texas Commission to operate over Texas highways; but claimed the right to so operate under the "grandfather clause" of the Federal Motor Carrier Act 1935, 49 U.S.C. § 306, 49 U.S.C.A. § 306. The case is ruled by the decisions in McDonald v. Thompson, 305 U.S. 263, 59 S.Ct. 176, 83 L.Ed. 164; Winton v. Thompson, Tex.Civ.App., 123 S.W.2d 951, error refused; Railroad Comm. v. Tips, Tex.Civ.App., 130 S.W.2d 1078.
The trial court's judgment is affirmed..
Affirmed.