Legal Opinion
Central Union Telephone Co. v. City of Edwardsville
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 23, 1925No. 37PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
delivered, the opinion of the Court.
The City of Edwardsville, in July. 1882, by ordinance granted to the Central Union Telephone Company a right in its streets to erect and maintain the necessary poles and wires for the operation of a telephone system. The Central Telephone Company transferred its rights to the Central Union Telephone Company. Later the city council adopted a resolution requesting the Central Union Telephone Company to furnish to the city, free of charge, one telephone and such additional telephones as the city council might call for at a reduction of 25 per cent, from the…
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