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· 2/12/1958

Coastal States Gas Producing Company v. Pate

Citations

  • 309 S.W.2d 828
  • 158 Tex. 171
  • 1 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 243
  • 8 Oil & Gas Rep. 1268
  • 1958 Tex. LEXIS 534

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  • holding that public purpose is advanced when A the public has a direct, tangible and substantial interest and right in the undertaking @
  • holding that public purpose is advanced when “the public has a direct, tangible and substantial interest and right in the undertaking”
  • holding that public purpose is advanced when “ the public has a direct, tangible and substantial interest and right in the undertaking ”
  • holding that public purpose is advanced when “the public has a direct, tangible and substantial interest and right in the undertaking”
  • holding that public purpose is advanced when A the public has a direct, tangible and substantial interest and right in the undertaking @
  • holding that fact that [private] lessee may make a profit out of the venture ... in itself does not make the use private rather than public”

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Judges: Walker

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