Sunset Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Pomona
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California. For opinion below, see 164 Fed. 561.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The question presented on this appeal is -whether the appellant, a California corporation, has the right to maintain its telephone poles and wires in the streets of Pomona, which is a city within the state, of the fifth class, without obtaining from the city a franchise therefor. No question is presented by the record respecting the. right of the city to make a charge against the company for the use of those portions of the streets actually occupied by it. A" controversy between the company and the city and its officers over the question stated having arisen, and the city…
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