Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Richmond
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. This case comes up on appeal from a decree of the circuit court of the United States for the Eastern district of Virginia. 98 Fed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. This case comes up on appeal from a decree of the circuit court of the United States for the Eastern district of Virginia. 98 Fed. G7J. The bill was filed by the Southern Bell-Telephone & Telegraph Company for the purpose of securing an injunction against the city of Richmond, in these words: “That said city, and all others, its agents and employes, may be restrained and enjoined from removing or interfering with its poles and wires in said city, and from interfering with the right of your orator to use…
1Opinion of the CourtSimonton, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The question before this court is that: sent down hy the supreme court to the circuit court: What rights have or had the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, under- the laws of Virginia and the ordinances of the city of Richmond, to construct, maintain, and operate its lines in the streets and alleys of that city? The statute law of the state of Virginia in relation to telegraph and telephone companies is found in chapter 54 of the Code of 1887 (sections 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290). Section 1287 is as follows:
“Right of Telegraph and Telephone Companies…
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- State v. Mayor of Jersey CitySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1887
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- South McAlester-Eufaula Telephone Co. v. State Ex Rel. Baker-Reidt Mercantile Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- State ex rel. Ellertsen v. Home Telephone & Telegraph Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1918
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