Case Name: RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS et al. v. RED ARROW FREIGHT LINES, Inc.
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1942-12-16
Citations: 167 S.W.2d 254
Docket Number: No. 9347
Parties: RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS et al. v. RED ARROW FREIGHT LINES, Inc.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 167
Pages: 254–254

Head Matter:
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS et al. v. RED ARROW FREIGHT LINES, Inc.
No. 9347.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Austin.
Dec. 16, 1942.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 6, 1943.
Gerald C. Mann, Atty. Gen. and George W. Barcus, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant Railroad Commission of Texas.
Kelley & Looney and L. Hamilton Lowe, all of Edinburg, for appellant J. H. Robinson Truck Lines, Inc.
Rawlings, Sayers & Scurlock, of Fort Worth, for appellee.

Opinion:
BLAIR, Justice.
This is a companion case to cause No. 9348, Railroad Commission et al. v. Red Arrow Freight Lines, Inc., 167 S.W.2d 249, this day decided by this court. The cases were tried in the court below together and one record was made, and the brief filed in cause No. 9348 is filed in the instant case. Each case involves the controlling question of the power of the Commission to grant a reroute motor carrier service without an application, notice, hearing, and a finding based upon substantial evidence that the public convenience and necessity require or need the reroute service. The only difference in the cases is different routes, but 'the evidence as to the condition o'f the old route highways and the reroute highways is substantially the same; and the new or substantial service authorized by the reroute orders is substantially the same, the difference being only one of degree and not on principle involved. And upon our opinion in cause No. 9348, the judgment in cause No. 9347 is affirmed.
Affirmed.