SOUTHWESTERN BELL TEL. CO. v. CITY OF KOUNTZE

No. 7842.

543 S.W.2d 871 (1976)

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellant, v. The CITY OF KOUNTZE, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

October 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Chesnutt, II, Beaumont, Darrell L. Barger, Houston, for appellant.

J. A. McGaffey, Kountze, for appellee.


KEITH, Justice.

Defendant below appeals from orders which overruled its plea of privilege to be sued in Dallas County and granted plaintiff a temporary injunction restraining defendant from closing its business office in the City of Kountze. We will speak of the parties as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiff alleged that the defendant was a private corporation and a public utility engaged in the conveyance, transmission or reception of communications...

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