Gilliam v. City of Fort Worth
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
BOYD, Justice.
Appellants, E. O. Gillam and wife, Merl Gillam, James Athans, William P. Engel-fried, W. J. Brown, A. P. Ticknor and wife, Jane Ticknor, Roy Gilley, E. D. Bullard and O. J. Price, filed suit for a judgment declaring that- the rates established by the water rate ordinance of appellee, City 'of Fort Worth, hereinafter called the City, are neither equal nor uniform; that the ordinance contravenes the requirement that equal and uniform rates be sufficient to pay the cost of supplying water to any customer; that a contract entered into by the City and appellee, the Town of Westover…
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- City of Brenham v. Brenham Water Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1887
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