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CITY OF WESLACO v. GENERAL TELEPHONE CO. OF S.W.

No. 13820.

359 S.W.2d 260 (1961)

CITY OF WESLACO, Texas, et al., Appellants, v. GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied July 5, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holdridge & Preston, San Angelo, Smith, McIlheran & Jenkines, Weslaco, for appellant.

Holdridge & Preston, San Angelo, for appellee.

POPE, Justice.

This is a telephone rate case. The trial court permanently enjoined the City of Weslaco, a home rule city, from enforcing the terms of a rate regulatory ordinance enacted June 21, 1960. The injunction was granted upon General Telephone's contention that the City had no power to regulate intra-state rates, and the local rates were confiscatory, as that term is used in rate cases. General Telephone Company of the Southwest v. City of Wellington, 156 Tex...

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