Pyle v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action by E. J. Pyle-to recover from the Western Union Telegraph Company double the value for the use of certain real property in Garden City which the latter had unlawfully-occupied for a certain time. In a proceeding for unlawful detainer brought by Pyle before a justice of the= peace to recover possession of the property from the company judgment was given for Pyle. An appeal was taken by the company on August 7, 1907, and to that, end it gave a bond in the sum of $500, signed by two sureties but not by itself, in which,…