General Telephone Co. of the Southwest v. City of Eden

GRAY, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment denying appellant a temporary injunction enjoining the enforcement of a telephone rate ordinance passed by the City of Eden, Texas.

Appellant, General Telephone Company of the Southwest, sued the City of Eden, its Mayor and the members of its City Council for a permanent injunction restraining the enforcement of the above mentioned rate ordinance. Pending a final hearing appellant requested a temporary injunction. It alleged that the rates fixed by the complained of ordinance were so low as to deprive it of a fair return on the fair value of its…