City of Texarkana v. Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co.

SPEEB, Associate Justice.

Appellant, a municipal corporation under the general laws of the State, as plaintiff below, sought an injunction against appellee to restrain it from using and occupying the streets and alleys of said city with poles, wires and other appliances used by it in the operation of a local and long distance telephone exchange system, alleging that the use and occupation of its said streets and alleys was without its consent and over its protest and in defiance of the authority of its city council. Appellee answered alleging that it entered upon and occupies said streets and…