Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. State
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Appeal from, the Corporation Commission. Action by the State, and others against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company before the Corporation Commission. From the judgment, the Railway Company appeals.
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Appeal from, the Corporation Commission. Action by the State, and others against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company before the Corporation Commission. From the judgment, the Railway Company appeals. On April 13, A. D. 1908, certain resident taxpayers of the town of Payson and vicinity petitioned the Corporation Commission to investigate the action of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, whereby said company had withdrawn its telegraph operator and the telegraph instruments from its office in said town of Payson, Lincoln county, Olda., representing that since the…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
(after stating the facts as above). The only party against whom the order appealed from runs, or was complained against, is the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. The undisputed proof shows that said railway company was not engaged in the telegraph business for commercial purposes, but only for the transacting of its business as a transportation company.
In the case of People’s Telephone Co. v. Eastern Railroad Co. of Minnesota et al. (decided by the Railroad Commission of Wisconsin on October 12, A. D. 1908), the Commission in its opinion said:
“The only telephone facilities that…
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