Legal Opinion
Padgitt v. Lone Star Gas Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 25, 1948No. 13856PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNG, Justice.
Appellants brought this suit to enjoin appellee from alleged violations of the State Anti-Trust Laws in conducting its butane gas business in Texas; contending that their several businesses (butane dealers) were being injured by defendant’s unfair and illegal method of competition. Plaintiffs do not pray for the recovery of damages or relief claimed as peculiarly applicable to them; a general enforcement of the laws against trusts and monopolies being sought in their bill of particulars.
The question here simply involves the sufficiency of pleading to state a cause of action,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Gates v. HooperTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- Cox, Inc. v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1929
- Brown v. American Freehold Land Mortgage Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1904
- City of Crosbyton v. Texas-New Mexico Utilities Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1941
- Welch v. Phelps & Bigelow Wind Mill Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1896
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Cliff Food Stores, Inc. v. Kroger, Inc. And Bilo, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Lonnie C. Hood v. Tenneco Texas Life Insurance Co., Southwestern Management & Research Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Bondi v. Jewels by Edwar, Ltd.California Court of Appeal · 1968
- Metro Club, Inc. v. SCHOSTAK BROTHERS & CO.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1979
- Llewellyn v. BorinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
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