City of Ranger v. Southern Ice & Utilities Co.

Appellee brought this suit to enjoin and restrain the city of Ranger, a municipal corporation, from enforcing the provisions of the following ordinances:

“Section 1. It shall he unlawful for. any person or persons or firms or corporations to build, lay, construct, or maintain any pipe line for conveying gas for any purpose or anywhere within the corporate limits of the ■ city of Ranger, Texas, unless such person or persons or firms or corporations are now operating under a franchise or permit heretofore granted by said city of Ranger, Texas, or shall hereafter secure such franchise or permit…