Legal Opinion
City of Garland v. Texas Power & Light Company
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 27, 1961No. 15747PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNG, Justice.
The appeal is from a temporary injunction restraining the city from interfering with appellee’s asserted franchise right to furnish electric energy to applicants therefor within said city; praying upon final hearing, that such ordinance be declared unconstitutional and void.
The Power Company had an existing line along the North side of Kingsley Road within the city, when on October 22, 1959 it accepted a two-year service contract from Dr. John S. Smale, 3008 South 5th Street, for furnishing of electric current to his clinic, then under construction. Application was made to the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1905
- City of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co. v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Evison v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- State v. Inhabitants of TrentonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1890
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Mayor of Baltimore v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1963
- Texas Power & Light Company v. City of GarlandTexas Supreme Court · 1968
- City of Corpus Christi v. Southern Community Gas Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1963
- City of Garland v. Texas Power & Light Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- Texas Power & Light Company v. City of GarlandTexas Supreme Court · 1968