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OFFICE OF THE ATt-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Ralkad Oonairsica di Tea8
Austia, Tbxba
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ln put bS r0i
al or rbid fitly-
fwthw hoW.aq b
0 uith vhbt YO oca-
l db o lr lo o rb th b
the bp 1iaat, la ooopbmtlon vlth
Y.& o r ,
thaAluR0 ?reight Lb a, Peprermt4a to the oom-
mission thbt a settlau~t and Oomponall~wrmga-
mint 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 litl-
gCtian, am the other hand, vhoreb & aotlcm for
rehowlng would 'be3ll.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 rpplloa-
tloa to @lob thbF*WI8 mt. OppoUtlai or po-
tomtj rrrdthat, ii the Oommlsslon VW vllling,
the motlan for rehuriag, M to the tmooiitr8tsd
pa&, oould be tad and, u to that put, a
owtifloate oouf= d be 18ruedj and that than the
Alamo t'reightLlnsr vould take over the Rllte,
oporrted by WoCrary, and pay off oortda C.O.D.
o la lmer h lovoh r b*eingr88ested lg8ln8t 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 rehem-
lng and dfrolaiaeraad the porslble 188uaaor of
& oortlfloateu 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 oonrpro-
mlao 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 uma yl88uw
that 'it uas illed, vithln the tvatf day8 next
iollovi.ngthe eatry of the order ot do&l61 roim-
ing the houlng rub8equent to the oonoluaiarof
the riorerald llti~tlm,
"This motion md dlrb~lr Vu ret dovn for
hea~irtgbefor. one of the Oomairrlaaer'rexam-
lne~a, whereum it developed that Sunset Truok
Lf.nes had not, fn faot, agreed to &tf 8wh grow-
dure or, at least, olalmed that thby nov4, did
agree to any auoh promdurs~ and they ontored
their appearsnor aa protertbntr sad have rigor-
0~17 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 rohoaringrjaad 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 dlrolti-
or 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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gU@StiCUl
“Did thr Com~lsrlon have the paver &id
authority to hear aad dl8po8e of the so-oalled
mtlcm and dlsolaimer and the paver and author-
ity 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 OQI-
olaulv.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~ SUbor-
quent to thr oaaolU8iaa of th. r?oPOraid liti@-
tlai 0~6~'the pPOtb8t Of hYi8.t 'h'Wk Iat!iOS
et al, b a mild oertlfiop or 8 voidU loah
od if""*
or l rol& blo Oertlfloat~t
The U?ly hfStOl7 Of the appliOatiC+iio qW8tiOll
18 SOt out in th. O&Se Of bUm8Ot TX'UOk3&M&, fn0.r V'.Rall-
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Railroad Oomml88lcm 0r tuu, tag0 0
road Coml8siaa lt 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 appll-
obtlon. Oa the Wlr:of uld hearfng, the Railroad ooze-
ml881~ entePUl an ordor an ?ebrue.ry 20, 1910, denying
the appuioatioa for b o- urrlw oairi0w. v0
fmther und8rrtaad that the lpplloant 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 ISSYbSSUIIK4 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.nRthe lppllaation. 8ubrequently, it lpp8aPs that
tha Railroaddonuisslaodld$rantamotloa for a re@arln~.
UO 8?0 Of th0 Op~lOZktbt th0 !bitiord CO&&-
.sian did ham the pww and authority, uuderthe 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 iILtOPO8tOdpUti tVOnty (20) day8 aftOP th6 ~IU-
try 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 LntereSt-
Od pWtiO8 26 &yS 8ftOP tb Ont?y Of SUOh aZi
order within vhioh to iii0 a eiotlonr0i rehwr-
in& oould have rot8ined jUriSdiOti0Qo1.P the
subjeot matter 0r its order to the oxtent 0r
hearing suoh motion. m8 ?tiO Ofth6 C@2UUiS-
810~ $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.if68tlynot wer8onablo, is hir
to all parties ocsoorned, end affords the Com-
niSS1On aa opportunityupon a prop6r shoving
to COlT6Ot w b?PO?S OP riStSkO8 ltmPLLLyhrW
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 fo r l rehearing,
the order entered on
201 1940,hS.nOt fitU%i
SO a8 t0 pP6Ohd4 further
z::m the Oamulsrlai.
Wqdo not bell~evothat the quortlon of l purport-
ldoonq)roml84 ha8 raybeuingoprtho QU48tiolrs hrnin in-
rolvod . If,‘under the law ad faots, the appllc-mt was en-
titled to have hi8 oe?tiiiO~to granted, no purported rpCreO-
ment or 0 OdSO would inV'btid8t4 88id OePtlfl~tO.
IIoltherYOT d an agreement or oompromlseb&veen the 8ppll-
o8nt 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 oertlfl-
oat6 b&Se& upw the applioatlan in QUOStiCSl. -the?, VI
omnot determIne whether luoh oertlfloat6 would be voidable,
void or valid. The M&Ye?& to tdl484 qU48tiCQlS dopend UpOn
may faot lrsu19s vhloh we oan neither antlolpste nor detrr-
mine.
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