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CITY OF BAYTOWN v. GENERAL TEL. CO. OF THE SOUTHWEST

No. 12526.

256 S.W.2d 187 (1953)

CITY OF BAYTOWN et al. v. GENERAL TEL. CO. OF THE SOUTHWEST.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Chandler, City Attorney and Shannon L. Morris, both of Baytown, for appellant.

Will Sears, City Atty. and Jack W. Mills, Asst. City Atty. of Houston, for amici curiae, League of Texas Municipalities and Texas City Attys. Ass'n.

Locke, Locke & Purnell and Wayne O. Woodruff, both of Dallas, Reid, Strickland & Gillette and Robert Strickland, both of Baytown, for appellee.

MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by appellants, City of Baytown, its mayor and city council, from an order rendered by the District Court of Harris County granting appellee, General Telephone Company of the Southwest, a temporary injunction restraining appellants from enforcing an ordinance passed by the city council of Baytown prescribing rates to be charged by appellee for telephone services furnished by appellee within the territorial limits of the City...

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