Georgia Power Co. v. Parker

The plaintiff operated a single-wire telephone system in certain South Georgia counties. The defendant power company constructed its electric-power lines along the public highways in said counties, on the opposite side of said highways from plaintiff’s telephone line. By reason of this, plaintiff’s telephone service was rendered practically useless, the inductive interference being such that the human voice when talking over plaintiff’s line would be drowned out by the high power *808on the defendant’s lines. Plaintiff filed a petition for injunction to prevent the erection of said power lines.…