State ex rel. Evansville Independent Telephone Co. v. Stickelman
Indiana Supreme Court
From Superior Court of Vanderburgh County; Fred M. Hostetter, Judge. Action by the State of Indiana, on the relation of the Evansville Independent Telephone Company, against Edward Stickelman and others. From a judgment for defendants, the relator appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
This was an action by appellant, against appellees, the Board of Public Works of the city of Evansville, and the mayor and common council of the city, in which appellant sought an order of mandate directing appellees to grant appellant the right to construct and operate a telephone exchange in Evansville.
The complaint avers that appellant is a corporation, organized in 1911, under the provisions of our statute, relating to the formation of telephone companies; that in 1906 the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company was granted a franchise to construct a telephone plant in the city, and…
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