Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. City of Kountze

KEITH, Justice.

Defendant below appeals from orders which overruled its plea of privilege to be sued in Dallas County and granted plaintiff a temporary injunction restraining defendant from closing its business office in the City of Kountze. We will speak of the parties as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiff alleged that the defendant was a private corporation and a public utility engaged in the conveyance, transmission or reception of communications over a telephone system in the City of Kountze and maintained a business office therein where the patrons could conduct transactions with…