Legal Opinion
Houston Lighting & Power Co. v. City of Wharton
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided April 24, 2003No. 01-01-00164-CVPublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAM NUCHIA, Justice.
Appellants, Houston Lighting and Power Company (HL&P) and Houston Industries Finance, Inc., appeal the judgment of the trial court awarding actual damages of $1,175,193.88 to appellees, the cities of Wharton, Pasadena, and Galveston (the Cities), and a total of $13,683,181 in attorneys’ fees in this dispute regarding the correct interpretation of franchise-fee agreements between the Cities and HL&P. We reverse the judgment and render a take-nothing judgment.
BACKGROUND
In 1957, HL&P entered into franchise agreements with Wharton and Galveston and some other cities in…
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