Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. Patton

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson—

Reversing.

The Postal Telegraph Cable Company brought this suit in the Boyd County Court against John G-. Patton and *188wife, to condemn a right of way through a tract of land. On a trial of the case the jury fixed the damages at $800. The court entered judgment on the verdict, and the plaintiff appeals.

The plaintiff is engaged in the telephone and telegraph business and in the transmission of telephone and telegraphic messages for the public for hire. By section 4679-b, Ky. St., any telephone company is authorized to construct and operate its telephone…