Legal Opinion
Phenix City v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided May 18, 1940No. 14-OPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES B. KENNAMER, District Judge.
This suit was filed in the Circuit Court of Russell County, Alabama, under the Alabama Declaratory Judgment Act, General Acts of Alabama 1935, page 777, and by proper proceedings to that end, was removed by the defendant to this court. It appears from the amended complaint that a justiciable controversy had arisen and exists between the parties as to their respective rights under two municipal ordinances, one adopted by the plaintiff on November 12, 1900, and accepted in writing by the defendant on November 28, 1900; and the other adopted by the City of…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Frost v. Corporation Comm'n of Okla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Detroit v. Detroit Citizens' Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Old Colony Trust Co. v. City of OmahaSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- City of Owensboro v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Russell v. SebastianSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Siegman v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946
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- National Foundation v. City of Fort WorthDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1967
- City of Benton v. NethercuttSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978