City of Philadelphia v. Atlantic & P. Tel. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
1Opinion of the Court
AGELESOS', Circuit Judge.
This was an action brought by the city of Philadelphia against the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company to recover license charges payable under ordinances of the city enacted January (>, 1881, and March 30,1883, relating to the maintenance of poles and wires in the streets of the city. The charges imposed by these ordinances are $1 per annum for each pole, and $2.50 per annum for each mile of telegraph or telephone wires strung overhead, and the charges are imposed upon all corporations, firms, and individuals so using the streets. The underlying question here was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Burgess v. SeligmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- City of Allentown v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Chester City v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Philadelphia v. American Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- City of Philadelphia v. Western Union Tel. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1898
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