State ex rel. MacMahon v. Independent Telephone Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from’ a judgment of the superior court for King county, Robert H. Lindsay, Esq., Judge pro tempore, entered January 12, 1910, in favor of the plaintiff, granting a writ of mandamus, upon sustaining a demurrer to the answer.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Appellant operates its telephone system in Seattle under a franchise establishing rates for the different lines, and fixing the rate to be charged for a telephone on a one-party residence line at the sum of $2.50, and which concludes as follows: “The foregoing rates shall be the maxi*157mum rates to be charged and received for such telephones.” Appellant also operates in what was formerly West Seattle, under a franchise establishing the rates to be charged under such franchise, and containing the further provision that such charges shall be paid in advance before the 10th of each month, after…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Woodley v. Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
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