Fox Development Co. v. City of San Antonio

BARROW, Chief Justice.

Appellant, a Texas Corporation, appeals from a take-nothing judgment in its suit for writ of mandamus or mandatory injunction to order appellee, City Public Service Board, a municipal board operating the electric and gas system of appellee, City of San Antonio, to furnish gas and electric service to land outside the City of San Antonio upon which appellant proposes to develop a subdivision. CPSB refuses to furnish such service until the plat is approved by the City Planning Commission as required by Article 974a, § 8, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes.

The land is within…