Legal Opinion
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. City of Texarkana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1938No. 8788PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant is a publice service company, owning and operating, under franchise, a natural gas distribution system in the City of Texarkana, Texas, by which it serves with natural gas, the city and its inhabitants. Appellees are the City, the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, and certain persons alleged to be acting in concert with the City, to complainant’s injury.
The claim, in general, was that the City and the other defendants, under the purported authority of Art. 1111, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St.Tex. but in fact unlawfully, and without right, were going about to construct a…
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- City of Allegan v. Consumers' Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by4 opinions
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