People ex rel. Rockwell v. Chicago Telephone Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. This was an application in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, to the circuit court of Cook county, for a writ of mandamus against the Chicago Telephone Company to compel it to furnish telephone service, without extra charge or toll, between subscribers in the village of Oak Park and subscribers in any other part of the territory which was embraced within the limits of the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. This was an application in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, to the circuit court of Cook county, for a writ of mandamus against the Chicago Telephone Company to compel it to furnish telephone service, without extra charge or toll, between subscribers in the village of Oak Park and subscribers in any other part of the territory which was embraced within the limits of the town of Cicero in 1898, including the territory locally known as Austin, which was detached from the town of Cicero and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooke
The errors assigned by the petitioner and by the city of Chicago question the action of the circuit court in refusing to extend the writ of mandamus so as to require the telephone company to transmit telephone calls, without extra charge or toll, from its subscribers in that portion of the city of Chicago known as Austin to its subscribers in any other part of the territory embraced within the town of Cicero in 1898, including the village of Oak Park, and also in refusing to extend such writ so as to require the telephone company to transmit telephone calls, without extra charge or toll, from…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People ex rel. Jackson v. Suburban RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- City of Quincy v. BullIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Town of Cicero v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Roby v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
3Cited by12 opinions
- Reith v. General Telephone Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1974
- Murphy v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Martens v. BradyIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Trueman v. Village of St. MariesIdaho Supreme Court · 1912
- Hill v. City of OxnardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1920
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