Legal Opinion
City of Wink v. Wink Gas Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 24, 1938No. 3646PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEALON, Chief Justice.
October 7, 1936, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Wink, a city incorporated under the general laws of the state, passed an ordinance, which was approved on the same day, prescribing the rates to be charged for natural gas in said city. A schedule was adopted by which the rate per thousand cubic feet diminished with increased consumption. The ordinance contained other regulatory provisions. November 11, 1936, said ordinance was amended in certain particulars which it is not necessary to mention. November 5, 1936, an ordinance was passed, with an emergency clause…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Hudson County Water Co. v. McCarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Norman v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Perry v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- New York & New England Railroad v. BristolSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Reed v. City of WacoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
- Texas Alarm & Signal Ass'n v. Public Utility CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1980
- Heard v. City of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1970
- City of Irving v. CallawayCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
- Crownhill Homes, Inc. v. City of San AntonioCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
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