STATE v. NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY

No. 10484.

300 S.W.2d 173 (1957)

The STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

February 20, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., W. V. Geppert, L. P. Lollar, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, for appellant.

Clark, Coon, Holt & Reed, Dallas, Walter Caven, Austin, for appellee.


HUGHES, Justice.

The Trial Court awarded appellee, Northern Natural Gas Company, a judgment for $257,533.05 being the amount paid by it to the State under Art. 7057f, Vermon's Ann.Civ.St., held unconstitutional in Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. v. Calvert, 347 U.S. 157, 74 S.Ct. 396, 98 L.Ed. 583, with interest thereon from the date of judgment until paid at the rate of 6% per annum.

The State questions only that part of the...

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