Legal Opinion

Gilliam v. City of Fort Worth

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 27, 1956No. 15674PublishedCited by 18 opinions

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…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. City of Brenham v. Brenham Water Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Call Publishing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
  3. Terrell v. MiddletonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
  4. City of Austin v. McCallTexas Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Silkman v. Board of Water CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1897

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Black v. City of Killeen, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2002
  2. Marshall Durbin & Co. v. Jasper Utilities Bd.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1983
  3. Kliks v. Dalles CityOregon Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Walling v. KimbroughCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
  5. Shepherd v. City of WentzvilleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982

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