Legal Opinion
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. City of Houston
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided September 4, 1920No. 108PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In Equity. Suit by the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company against the City of Houston.
1Opinion of the Court
JACK, District Judge.
In 1909 the city of Houston passed an ordinance fixing local telephone rates under which plaintiff company operated until 1915, when it acquired, by purchase and merger, the property of the Houston Home Telephone Company. The ordinance authorizing the merger, duly accepted by the plaintiff company, contained the following provision as to future increases in rates:
“The Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company agrees that it will not increase rates as at present charged by it for service in the city of Houston, unless it appears upon a satisfactory showing to be made…
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