American Rapid Telegraph Co. v. Connecticut Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for a mandamus; brought to the Court of Common Pleas for New Haven County. The principal allegations of the application were as follows:— That the defendant, the Connecticut Telephone Company, was duly organized under the laws of this state, and located at New Haven, for the purpose of constructing and operating telephone instruments, and placing the same for hire in the dwellings, offices, stores and other places of business of the inhabitants of the various…
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Application for a mandamus; brought to the Court of Common Pleas for New Haven County. The principal allegations of the application were as follows:— That the defendant, the Connecticut Telephone Company, was duly organized under the laws of this state, and located at New Haven, for the purpose of constructing and operating telephone instruments, and placing the same for hire in the dwellings, offices, stores and other places of business of the inhabitants of the various towns in this state. That it has an office in the town of Bridgeport, in this state, containing an apparatus which is…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
In March, 1876, A. G. Bell became the patentee of the magnetic telephone, a mechanical device capable of transmitting articulate speech through wires by the power of magnetism and electricity; others subsequently became patentees of various improvement's upon it and of appliances to be used therewith; and the American Bell Telephone Company, a corporation chartered by, and *372having its legal location in the state of Massachusetts, became the owner of these several patents.
In May, 1880, the Connecticut Telephone Company was organized as a joint stock corporation in and under the laws of the…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1887
- Delaware & A. Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Delaware ex rel. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1892
- Commercial Union Telegraph Co. v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1888
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916