Farmers' & Merchants' Co-operative Telephone Co. v. Boswell Telephone Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Benton Circuit Court; James P. Wason, Special Judge. Suits by the Boswell Telephone Company against the Farmers’ and Merchants’ Co-operative Telephone Company, Boswell, Indiana, and against Frederick McVicker and others. From a judgment for plaintiff in each case, the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHarvey, J.
— By order of this court the above causes were consolidated.
The Boswell Telephone Company was granted, in 1912, by the town of Boswell, Indiana, a franchise to operate a telephone exchange and plant. The company operated thereunder in the streets and alleys of said town until November, 1913, when the company surrendered its franchise and accepted from the Public Service Commission of Indiana an indeterminate permit, under which it is still operating. The telephone system of the company extended into territory adjacent to said town, and its exchange was, and is, connected with a large number…
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