City of Pinehurst v. Spooner Addition Water Co.

SMITH, Justice.

The City of Pinehurst, Texas, hereinafter designated as the City, filed this suit seeking a declaratory judgment under the provisions of Article 2524-1, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes of Texas, against Spooner Addition Water Company et al, hereinafter designated as the Company. The City alleged that a justiciable controversy existed by virtue of the Company’s failure to comply with the provisions of a certain ordinance dated October 10, 1957, offering a franchise to the Company for the distribution of water for domestic, commercial or industrial purposes in Spooner Addition…