Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Eaton
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. B. R Burroughs, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action of ejectment brought by Henry A. Eaton, appellee, against the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company, for the purpose of compelling the removal of the defendant’s line of telegraph poles from a public highway known as the Edwardsville and Hillsboro road, which was located over and upon appellee’s land.
It appears from the record that the Board of Trade Telegraph Company in 1882 constructed its telegraph line over a public highway known as the Edwardsville and Hillsboro road by the consent of the board of supervisors of Madison county, under a resolution of the board adopted at a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railroad v. HartleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Board of Trade Telegraph Co. v. BarnettIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Carpenter v. . the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Cole v. DrewSupreme Court of Vermont · 1871
- Smith v. Chicago, Alton & St. Louis R. R.Illinois Supreme Court · 1873
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- Burrall v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Muncie Electric Light Co. v. JoliffIndiana Court of Appeals · 1915
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