Northern Indiana & Southern Michigan Telegraph & Cable Co. v. Peoples Mutual Telephone Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
From Lagrange Circuit Court; James S. Drake, Judge. Action by The Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Telegraph and Cable Company against The Peoples Mutual Telephone Company and others. From the judgment rendered, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
A comprehensive act was passed by the General Assembly in 1913 concerning public utilities and creating a public service commission. Acts 1913 p. 167, § §10052a-10052z4 Burns 1914. Section 8 of this act (Acts 1913 p. 167, §10052h *268Burns 1914) provides among other things that every public utility for the conveyance of telephone messages shall permit a physical connection to be made and telephone service to be .furnished between its toll lines and the telephone system of another such public utility whenever public convenience and necessity require such physical connection and when it will not…
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- Neyens v. FlesherIndiana Court of Appeals · 1907
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- Faylor v. KoontzIndiana Court of Appeals · 1917
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