CITY OF HOUSTON v. HOUSTON LIGHT. & POWER CO.

No. 1331.

530 S.W.2d 866 (1975)

CITY OF HOUSTON, Texas, Appellants, v. HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied December 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Day, City Atty., Harriet E. Hubacker, John Meinrath, Asst. City Attys., Houston, for appellants.

William R. Brown, Baker & Botts, Houston, for appellee.


TUNKS, Chief Justice.

This is a temporary injunction case. The City of Houston (the City) appeals from an order of the trial court temporarily enjoining it from enforcing its ordinance fixing the maximum rates that the Houston Lighting and Power Company (H.L.&P.) can charge those of its customers who are located in the City of Houston.

In 1973 H.L.&P. petitioned the City for the passage of an ordinance increasing the rates which it could charge its...

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