Southern Union Co. v. City of Edinburg

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• holding that a franchise agreement between a municipality and a gas company was \embodied\ in a city ordinance, and construing that ordinance as a contract
• holding that a franchise agreement between a municipality and a gas company was “embodied” in a city ordinance, and construing that ordinance as a contract
• noting that Texas law has recognized specific legal theories under which corporate structure can be disregarded to hold corporate actors jointly and severally liable for corporation’s contractual obligations
• holding franchise tax agreement inapplicable to corporate affiliate under single-business-enterprise theory
• construing city’s ordinance that “embodied” franchise agreement between municipality and gas company as contract and discerning from it parties’ intent and scope of their 14 respective obligations
• declining to decide “whether a theory of ‘single business enterprise’ is a necessary addition to Texas law regarding the theory of alter ego for disregarding the corporate structure”

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