Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Axtell

The appellee was plaintiff below and the appellant the defendant. The following is the" complaint:

“ The plaintiff complains of the defendant and says, that on the 7th day of November, 1876, she was an electric telegraph company, duly organized as a corporation under the laws of the State of Indiana, engaged in the business of transmitting telegraphic messages for hire; that she had and was operating an office in the city of Blooming-ton, Indiana, and another in the town of Worthington, Indiana; that said defendant was the owner and operator *200of a line of wires, on the said 7th day of November,…