State of Missouri ex rel. Baltimore & O. Telegraph Co. v. Bell Telephone Co.

Brewer, J., (orally.)

In this case, I regret to say that my brother Treat and myself do not agree fully as to the rights of the parties. It is an application on the part of the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Company to compel the Bell Telephone Company of Missouri—the company having the telephone business of this city—to permit telephonic communication between it and the petitioner, the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Company. The defendant answers that it is engaged in the telephonic business here by virtue of a license obtained from the American Bell Telephone Company, a Massachusetts corporation;…