Schenker v. City of San Antonio

BARROW, Justice.

This suit was instituted in a District Court of Bexar County by Herbert M. Schenker, Marvin C. Beck and John J. Mullen, allegedly as a class action under Rule 42, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, on behalf of themselves, and for and on behalf of 187,249 consumers of electricity and 161,011 consumers of gas, furnished by the gas and electricity systems owned by the City of San Antonio and operated by the Public Service Board of the City under authority of Arts. 1111-1118, Vernon’s Ann. Civ.Stats. Defendants are the City of San Antonio, a Home Rule City, the Public Service Board…