Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. W.U. Tel. Co. v. . P.S. Comm.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 30, 1920PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Postal Telegraph Company and the Western Union Company are competitors in the business of transmitting messages by telegraph throughout the United States and have been such for many years. Each company maintains offices and has wires in various of the cities and villages of the state. The Western Union Telegraph Company has a greater number of such offices and reaches more places than the Postal Telegraph Company and the Postal Telegraph Company is in communication with some villages and cities which the Western Union Telegraph Company does not reach.
It appears that, for thirty years, it…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- People Ex Rel. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Public Service Commission for the Second DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- People ex rel. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
3Cited by3 opinions
- North Carolina Public Service Co. v. Southern Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1922
- Swift & Co. v. WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939
- Marco Crane & Rigging v. Arizona Corp. CommissionCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1987