Western Union Tel. Co. v. Los Angeles Electric Co.

WELLBORN, District Judge.

Complainant, a New York corporation. sues to restrain defendant , a California corporation, from operating the latter's line of electric wires on Second street, in the city of Los Angeles, Cal. The present hearing is on a demurrer to the bill-The pertinent matters therein alleged, briefly stated, are these:

Complainant owns and operates a telegraph system extending throughout the United States, and having its connections with the other countries of the civilized world. Most of its properties in this country have been constructed and acquired since June 12, 1867, at…