Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Commercial Pacific Cable Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Garret W. McEnerney, Percy E. Towne, and Wm. W. Cook, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARDS, J., pro tem.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff in an action to have it established that certain charges and tolls exacted by the defendant from the plaintiff for the transmission of its messages over the Pacific Cable to Oriental points are discriminatory and excessive, and to have the defendant enjoined from the imposition and exaction of such charges and tolls, and to recover damages for injuries alleged .to have been sustained by the plaintiff through such demand and exaction. The main facts of the case are not the subject of much controversy though the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Call Publishing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Shoemaker v. AckerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
- Pacific Steam Whaling Co. v. Alaska Packers' Ass'nCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
- McQuilkin v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.California Court of Appeal · 1915
- Postal Cable Telegraph Co. v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1910
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