West Texas Utilities Co. v. Haskell County

BROWN, Justice.

Haskell County, acting through the Commissioners Court, and three individual landowners were granted a temporary injunction against West Texas Utilities Company, a Texas corporation authorized to manufacture, sell and distribute electric energy in the state. The order generally restrained the Utilities from erecting an electric line along a road in Haskell County. Additionally, Utilities’ plea of privilege was overruled. From these interlocutory orders Utilities has appealed.

Utilities in their plea of privilege sought to be sued in Taylor County, the place of their residence,…