Gulf Refining Co. v. City of Fort Worth

The only issue for determination in this appeal, is the right of appellee to collect an annual charge of $24 from each of the appellants who own and operate what is known as “Drive-In” gasoline filling stations in the city of Port Worth. The facts are practically without dispute. There were, at the time this cause was tried,' approximately seven hundred such gasoline stations in Port Worth. This suit was instituted by the owners of fifty of said stations for the purpose of obtaining a permanent injunction against appellee restraining it from collecting the annpal charge of $24 against each…