Legal Opinion
City of Fort Worth v. Westchester House, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 31, 1954No. 15557PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MASSEY, Chief Justice.
Westchester House, Inc., completed and began operating a 13-story apartment-hotel in 1951. Its building housed 343 separate units. Fortune Arms, Inc., completed and began operating a 12-story apartment-hotel about the same time, containing 250 separate units. These two corporations were the plaintiffs in the court below and are the appellees here. Upon completion of the buildings the City of Fort Worth, Texas, was requested to connect its sewer (as well as water) lines to each of them, which it did. The city began supplying water to each building through a meter…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Trimmier v. CarltonTexas Supreme Court · 1927
- Gilmore v. WaplesTexas Supreme Court · 1916
- Weaver v. RobisonTexas Supreme Court · 1924
- Caldwell v. City of AbileneCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
- Vaughan v. Southwestern Surety Insurance Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1918
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Shoppers World, Inc. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
- State v. BroaddusCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1997
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