Coleman Gas & Oil Co. v. Santa Anna Gas Co.

SHARP, Judge.

This suit was filed by the Santa Anna Gas Company, as plaintiff, against the Coleman Gas & Oil Company, as defendant, to restrain the defendant from violating a rate ordinance passed by the city commission of the city of Santa Anna on November 25, 1931, fixing specific rates to be charged for sale and distribution of natural gas to domestic and commercial consumers. The rate schedule set out in this ordinance was the same as prescribed by a previous ordinance of August 6, 1931. The defendant filed a plea in abatement for a defect of parties defendant on the ground that the city…