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SOUTHWESTERN BELL TEL. CO. v. HOUSTON IND. SCH. DIST.

No. A-10101.

397 S.W.2d 419 (1965)

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ed Gossett, Dallas, Ford W. Hall, Sears & Burns, Houston, for petitioner.

Bracewell, Reynolds & Patterson, William Key Wilde, Houston, with above firm for respondent.

SMITH, Justice.

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, hereinafter referred to as Bell, brought suit against the Houston Independent School District, hereinafter referred to as the District, to recover the sum of $82,899.67 representing the balance of service charges due from the District for the period of September 1, 1959, to March 1, 1961. The District claims that by authority of a city ordinance adopted in 1911, it is entitled to have local exchange telephone service...

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