LONE STAR GAS CO. v. CITY OF FORT WORTH

No. 8257.

93 F.2d 584 (1937)

LONE STAR GAS CO. v. CITY OF FORT WORTH et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ogden K. Shannon, of Fort Worth, Tex., and Roy C. Coffee and Marshall Newcomb, both of Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

R. E. Rouer and Geo. C. Kemble, both of Fort Worth, Tex., for appellees.

Before SIBLEY and HOLMES, Circuit Judges, and STRUM, District Judge.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Lone Star Gas Company sought to enjoin as contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution an ordinance of the City of Fort Worth which fixed standards for fuel gas sold within the city and prohibited dilution of it. The cause was referred to a master, whose report was in the main upheld by the District Judge, who denied relief and dismissed the bill.

The facts are not in serious controversy, though the conclusions to be drawn...

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