General Telephone Co. of the Southwest v. City of Perryton

REYNOLDS, Justice.

The trial court summarily and permanently enjoined a telephone company from unilaterally increasing its rates for extended area service in violation of a city’s contractual right to regulate the rates. Without regard to whether or not the contractual right existed, the original judicial jurisdiction to adjudicate the matter terminated when the Public Utility Commission of Texas assumed jurisdiction of all telecommunications in this state before the judgment became final. Reversed and dismissed.

For a number of years, General Telephone Company of the Southwest furnished local…