Public Utility Commission v. City of Coahoma

DIES, Chief Justice.

Our original opinion is withdrawn, and we substitute the following:

We review a suit filed by the City of Coahoma, as plaintiff below, to set aside an order of the Public Utility Commission (hereafter PUC), a state administrative agency created by Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 1446c (1980), defendant below.

It is undisputed that since 1955 Coahoma has been providing water service not only to residents in the City but also outside the City, most of this outside the City being within the boundaries of Howard County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 (hereafter…