Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. State
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Appeal from the Corporation Commission. Proceeding's before the State Corporation Commission by the ■State of Oklahoma and others to compel thé Chicago, Eock Island & Pacific Eailway Company and the Western .Union Telegraph Company to install telegraph service, for commercial and other purposes for which commonly used, at the- town of Eerguson. • It was so ordered, and the railway company and telegraph codipany appeal. citing: W. U. Tel. Co. v. Railroad Com.
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Appeal from the Corporation Commission. Proceeding's before the State Corporation Commission by the ■State of Oklahoma and others to compel thé Chicago, Eock Island & Pacific Eailway Company and the Western .Union Telegraph Company to install telegraph service, for commercial and other purposes for which commonly used, at the- town of Eerguson. • It was so ordered, and the railway company and telegraph codipany appeal. citing: W. U. Tel. Co. v. Railroad Com. (Miss.) 21 South. 15; Railway Co: v. Beclcer et al., 35 Eed. 883; Reagan v. Loan & T. Co., 154 U. S. 399; Railroad Com. Cases, 116 U. S;…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
In the ease of Western Union Tel. Co. v. Mississippi Railroad Commission, 74 Miss. 80, 21 South. 15, the third plea averred that:
“Its lines were constructed and, maintained, and its business carried on, in Mississippi at a very great expense, while the receipts from its business were small and unremunerative; that a large majority of 'its offices in the state are maintained under agreement with the various railroad companies, whereby the railroad companies maintain the offices and pay the operators, and but for this arrangement it would be unable to maintain its business in the state; that,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Stone v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. North Carolina Corporation Comm'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
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- Seward v. Denver & Rio Grande RailroadNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1913
- State ex rel. Caster v. Kansas Postal-Telegraph-Cable Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1915
- Pioneer Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. WestenhaverSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
- Muskogee Gas & Electric Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
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