TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. CITY OF GARLAND

No. A-11680.

431 S.W.2d 511 (1968)

TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Petitioner, v. CITY OF GARLAND et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burford, Ryburn & Ford, Robert E. Burns, H. P. Kucera, Dallas, for petitioner.

Cary Young, Garland, McGinnis, Lochridge, Kilgore, Hunter & Wilson, James W. Wilson, Austin, for respondents.


SMITH, Justice.

Texas Power & Light Company sued the City of Garland a home rule city, to enjoin the City from requiring the Company to obtain a permit before it extended its electrical line to a new customer and from interfering with the Company's franchise rights. The Company also sought a declaratory judgment that an ordinance stating reasons for the City's denial of a permit is an unconstitutional impairment of...

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