Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Geer

FINLEY, Associate Justice.

Plaintiff’s petition declared that the Western Union Telegraph Company was engaged on the 14th day of July, 1888, in operating a telegraph line between Paris, in Lamar County, and Detroit, in Red River County; that the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company was at the same time engaged in operating a telegraph line between Dallas and Paris, connecting at the last named point with the Western Union Telegraph Company; that on said date the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company was engaged in receiving and transmitting messages for the public from Ladonia, Texas,…