Balestra v. Button

ALLEN, J. pro tem.

This is an action for a mandatory injunction commanding and requiring defendant to restore the connection of a certain telephone line to a line known as the “Button and Griffin Line” connecting with the town of Winters’ telephone exchange. Prom a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, defendant has appealed.

In 1920, Joseph Balestra purchased the land now owned by plaintiffs. At the time of the purchase and for some time prior thereto, defendant R. L. Button, Nancy Button and John Griffin owned and maintained a telephone line, known as the “Button and Griffin Line,” extending from…