General Telephone Co. of the Southwest v. City of Garland

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL

GUITTARD, Justice.

Appellant General Telephone Company of the Southwest petitions us for a stay pending appeal of the temporary injunction restraining it from charging rates which appellee City of Garland alleges to be without approval by the City Council. The temporary injunction requires General to reduce its rates, pending final decree, to a level prescribed by ordinance in January 1972. We grant the stay, but we direct the trial court to require a bond for protection of General’s subscribers.

Our jurisdiction to grant such a stay is…