United Gas Corp. v. Shepherd Laundries Co.

This appeal is from a $5094.10 judgment, entered by the 11st District Court of Harris County, in favor of appellee against appellant, wholly upon a jury's findings in response to special issues submitted, wherein the Gas Company was held to have discriminated against the Laundries Company in this one respect: in having charged it higher rates for natural gas supplied to it in specified periods of time and amounts than it did other named ones of appellant's customers, "under similar and like circumstances".

The right to such recovery was predicated by the court upon Article 1438 of Vernon's…