Legal Opinion
City of Baird v. West Texas Utilities Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 1, 1943No. 2404PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LESLIE, Chief Justice.
The City of Baird, Texas, instituted this suit November 24, 1941, against the West Texas Utilities Company, a corporation, charging the latter with operating in Baird without a franchise. The Utilities Company urged a general demurrer and various exceptions to the petition, supplemented by an agreed statement, and the trial court sustained the exceptions and on refusal of the plaintiff to amend, the court dismissed the cause, from which action the City of Baird appeals.
The material allegations will be stated in substance:
The City alleged its incorporation under the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- City of Brenham v. Brenham Water Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1887
- City of Owensboro v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Beech-Nut Packing Co. v. P. Lorillard Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Texas-Louisiana Power Co. v. City of FarmersvilleTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
- Boise Artesian Hot & Cold Water Co. v. Boise CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Texas Power & Light Company v. City of GarlandTexas Supreme Court · 1968
- State Ex Rel City of Jasper v. Gulf States Utilities Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1945
- City of Garland v. Texas Power & Light Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1956
- National Solid Wastes Management Ass'n v. City of DallasDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 2012
- State Ex Rel. City of Jasper v. Gulf States Utilities Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1944
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