County of Harris v. Tennessee Products Pipe Line Co.

WERLEIN, Justice.

Appellant, The County of Harris, appeals from the judgment of the trial court, without a jury, perpetually enjoining it from interfering with appellees (Tennessee Products Pipe Line Company, plaintiff, and Bay Petroleum Corporation, Intervenor, in the court below) laying and operating pipe lines across and under county roads, and decreeing and declaring that the County is not authorized by the statutes of this State to prohibit construction of such lines by pipe line companies such as appellees, qualified under Article 6020, Vernon’s Ann.Civ. Stats. The court further decreed…