Texas Civil Statutes - CIV STAT Art. 1524h. Appeal from order fixing rate of return

Any corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of provisions of Section 1 hereof,  1 which shall be dissatisfied with any rents, charges, rate of return and area and method of operation which is fixed or may be fixed or may be changed by any governing body, may, by giving to such governing body ten (10) days notice by registered mail of its intention thereof, appeal to any district court of the county wherein the property which is affected is situated. The appeal shall be perfected by filing suit in the district court of the county in which the property is situated within ten (10) days after the giving of such notice, and the filing of such suit shall suspend the order, rule, regulation, or ordinance from which the appeal is perfected. The municipality or county, where the properties to be owned or operated are situated outside the corporate limits of any organized town, city or village shall be defendant in said suit. The trial shall be de novo, and Court, upon a hearing, shall, by its judgment, regulate the rents, charges, rate of return, areas and method of operation of the corporation.