Harris County v. Suburban Utility Co.

PEDEN, Justice.

Harris County and the Harris County Commissioners Court appeal from the sustaining of a plea to the jurisdiction filed by the defendant, Suburban Utility Company. Appellants brought this suit under Article 2372q-l, V.C.S., which granted to commissioners courts of counties having a population of 1,500,000 or more the authority to regulate certain private water companies and to enforce their decisions through injunctions and by collection of civil penalties.

Appellants’ original petition, filed on April 20, 1976, alleged that Suburban Utility violated Article 2372q-l by failing to…