Case Name: HOUSTON E. & W. T. RY. CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES (INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION et al., Interveners)
Court: United States Commerce Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1913-04-25
Citations: 205 F. 391
Docket Number: No. 67
Parties: HOUSTON E. & W. T. RY. CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES (INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION et al., Interveners).
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 205
Pages: 391–391

Head Matter:
HOUSTON E. & W. T. RY. CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES (INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION et al., Interveners).
(Commerce Court,
April 25, 1913.)
No. 67.
Petition by the Houston East & West Texas Itailway Company and others against the United States of America, in which the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Eailroad Commission of Louisiana, the St. Louis Southwestern Eailway Company, and others intervene. On final hearing.
Petition dismissed.
For opinion of Interstate Commerce Commission, see Meredith v. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co., 23 Interst. Com. Com’n R. 31.
H. A. Scandrett, of Chicago, 111., and H. M. Garwood, of Houston, Tex., for the petitioners.
Winfred T. Denison, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Thurlow M. Gordon, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for United States.
P. J. Farrell, of Washington, D. 0., for Interstate Commerce Commission.
Luther M. Walter, of Chicago, 111. (K. G. Pleasant, Atty. Gen., and W. M. Barrow, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for Eailroad Commission of Louisiana.
E. B. Perkins, of Dallas, Tex., S. H. AVest and Eoy F. Britton, both of St. Louis, Mo., Daniel Upthegrove, of Dallas, Tex., Joseph M. Bryson, of St. Louis, Mo., and Alex. S. Coke and A. H. McKnight, both of Dallas, Tex., for intervening carriers.
Before KNAPP, Presiding Judge, and HUNT, OAKLAND, and MACK, Judges.

Opinion:
KNAPP, Presiding Judge.
This case involves the same question as Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. v. United States et al., 205 Fed. 380, just decided. For the reasons stated in the opinion in that ease, the petition will be dismissed.