State ex rel. Hilton v. Four Lakes Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of the attorney general the district court for Washington county granted its alternative writ of mandamus commanding Four Lakes Rural Telephone Company to forthwith give to Henry Sullwood the same telephone facilities and service as to other subscribers upon its lines or show cause why it had not done so. Motion oh the pleadings for a peremptory writ granted. From an order, Searles, J., directing that a peremptory writ be issued, respondent-.appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.
This is a proceeding in mandamus on the relation of the attorney general to compel the- respondent telephone company to install service for one Henry Sullwold, a farmer living a few miles out of Stillwater. The telephone company is a copartnership. Its line passes near Sullwold’s farm. It formerly furnished him service which it discontinued. The court granted the relator’s motion on the pleadings for the issuance of a peremptory writ. The company appeals from the order.
1. By Laws 1915, p. 208, c. 152, §§ 1, 2, the Railroad and Warehouse Commission is vested with the same jurisdiction and…
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- State v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- State ex rel. McGill v. CookSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- State ex rel. Mason v. Consumers Power Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- State ex rel. Railroad & Warehouse Commission v. United States Express Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
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