Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Incorporated Town of Hempstead

GRAVES, Justice.

This admittedly correct statement is taken from appellant’s brief:

“This suit was instituted by the Gulf States Utilities Company to enjoin the Incorporated Town of Hempstead, its mayor, and the members of its Board of Commissioners, from enforcing an ordinance of the town requiring the plaintiff company to remove its electric power lines from the streets and alleys of the town. The town, by a cross-action, sought a mandatory injunction ordering the company to remove its lines. In a trial on the merits, before the court without a jury, judgment was rendered denying the…