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

No. 18321.

509 S.W.2d 927 (1974)

GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF the SOUTHWEST, Appellant, v. CITY OF GARLAND, Texas, et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick E. Higginbotham, Coke & Coke, Dallas, for appellant.

Earl Luna, Luna, Murto & Sibley, Dallas, for appellees.


GUITTARD, Justice.

In this telephone-rate case, our principal question is whether a city may reasonably require the company to furnish information concerning the separate value of its property devoted to serving customers within the city as distinguished from its property serving all its customers within the metropolitan area. We hold that such information may be required in view of the trial court's finding, which we find to be supported by evidence, that the information...

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