Fink v. City of Clarendon

Appellee, a municipal corporation, organized under the general laws of Texas, and having adopted the commission form of government, sought and obtained from the district court in chambers a temporary injunction restraining O. L. Fink, appellant, the owner of the telephone properties in the corporate limits of Clarendon, from charging and collecting from his patrons for local service more than $2 per month for each resident phone furnished, and more than $3 per month for each business phone furnished.

Appellee alleged that the Clarendon Telephone & Telegraph Company, a partnership composed of…