Rochester Telephone Co. v. . Ross
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered March 31, 1908, in favor of defendant upon the submission of a controversy under section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered March 31, 1908, in favor of defendant upon the submission of a controversy under section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The controversy between the parties hereto arises over a contention on the part of the defendant that the plaintiff is precluded by a contract which it has heretofore entered into with the city of Rochester from raising its rates for telephone service to the inhabitants of said city. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The agreement is…
1Per curiam
Upon the petition of the Home Telephone Company of Rochester, R. Y., of which the plaintiff is the successor in interest, the city of Rochester entered into a contract with said telephone company in which it granted to said telephone company The right to establish, construct, maintain and operate a system or lines of telephones for public and private use in the city of Rochester, Row York, and to construct conduits, subways and manholes and to erect poles, place wires, conductors, cables, and all necessary equipments and appliances and to make house and building connections upon, along, in,…
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