Legal Opinion
Andrews v. Delhi & Stamford Telephone Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 15, 1901PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Action of ejectment.
1Opinion of the CourtFobbes, J.
This is an action of ejectment, brought for the purpose of removing’ from the plaintiff’s land certain telephone poles and wires, and to restrain the further use and occupation by the defendant of the plaintiff’s premises, with the defendant’s said line, now in operation between the villages of Stamford and Delhi, in the county of Delaware. '
These poles and wires were erected in the year 1816, and the line has been in the occupation and use by the defendant, as a telephone and telegraph line, since that time. The poles were erected and the line was strung along the public highway upon the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Galway v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Wiseman v. . LucksingerNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Eels v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
- G.L. P.J.R.R. Co. v. . N.Y. G.L.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Broiestedt v. . South Side R.R. Co. of L.I.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Antonopulos v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
- O'Meara v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Gray v. York State Telephone Co.New York Supreme Court · 1903
- Jayne v. Cortland Water Works Co.New York Supreme Court · 1903
- Weed v. McKegNew York Supreme Court · 1902