High Plains Nat. Gas Co. v. Railroad Com'n of Tex.

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

Appellant High Plains Natural Gas Company has perfected its appeal to this Court from a judgment of the district court affirming an order of the Railroad Commission of Texas. Appellant had requested the Commission to fix a city gate rate for the sale of natural gas to a municipal corporation, the City of Perryton, Texas, which city, in turn, distributes and resells the gas to its burner tip customers. The Commission denied the application on the grounds that it had no jurisdiction because Perryton is a municipal corporation which owns its pipeline distribution system.

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