Cunningham v. City of Corpus Christi

The history of this case is that on March 1, 1923, the city of Corpus Christi filed a petition in the district court, presided over by Hon. W. B. Hopkins, against the Corpus Christi Gas Company, the White Point Production Company, H. S. Bettes, and L. D. Prewitt, seeking an injunction to restrain them from tearing up the streets, from digging trenches along the same, and from laying pipes along and across the streets for the purpose of transporting natural gas from the mains of the White Point Production Company. A temporary restraining order was granted by Judge Hopkins and the cause set…