Railroad Commission v. Houston Natural Gas Corp.

BLAIR, Justice.

This proceeding for a declaratory judgment under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act of this State (Arts. 2524 — 1, §§ 1, 2, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St.) arose as follows :

Under authority of Art. 1119, the City of Palacios passed an ordinance reducing the rates for gas sold to the public in said city by appellee, Houston Natural Gas Corporation, a gas utility. Appellee gas utility, herein called the Utility, appealed to the Railroad Commission under authority of Art. 6058, which provides that a gas utility may so appeal for a review of a city ordinance reducing its gas rates, and…