Sommerville v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Suit by J. Robert Sommerville against the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
Sommerville rented a telephone from the Chesapeake <§: Potomac Telephone Company under a contract whereby he was required to pay $3.25 a mouth in advance for its use. This gave him the right to 600 outgoing calls in a year, but he was obliged to pay an additional sum for all such calls in excess of that number. A controversy arose between him and the company with respect to the number of calls. The company claimed that he had used 825, while he asserted that he had made only 739 calls. For this number he paid, and refused to pay for more. ’During July, 1913, a month for…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. PrenticeSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Fifth Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Denver & Rio Grande Railway v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. DanaherSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Carmichael v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Chesapeake & Potomac Tel. Co. v. ClayCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Gould v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1957
- Oklahoma City v. EylarSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. CarlessSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
- Fay, U. S. Atty. v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
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