Legal Opinion
Humble Oil and Refining Co. v. City of Georgetown
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 8, 1968No. 11586PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’QUINN, Justice.
This lawsuit tests the validity of a city ordinance regulating the storage and delivery of gasoline within the corporate limits of Georgetown.
Humble Oil and Refining Company filed suit to compel the City of Georgetown to issue a building permit for construction of a gasoline service station. Georgetown authorities had refused to issue the permit on the ground that the application revealed an intention to install two underground storage tanks having a capacity of 8,000 gallons and one tank with a capacity of 6,000 gallons, in violation of Section 5 of the city ordinance…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- San Antonio Retail Grocers, Inc. v. LaffertyTexas Supreme Court · 1957
- Clark Oil & Refining Corp. v. City of TomahWisconsin Supreme Court · 1966
- Connell Construction Co. v. Phil Dor Plaza Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1958
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