Northern Kentucky Mutual Telephone Co. v. Bracken County

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Reversing.

By this suit the appellant asked for a writ of mandamus compelling the appellees, as the fiscal court of Bracken county, to offer for sale a franchise to construct a telephone line along certain highways in that county. From a judgment dismissing its petition, the appellant •appeals.

From the pleading and proof herein we find that the appellant, a Delaware corporation, is the owner of a telephone system in Robertson county, and especially in the town of Mt. Olivet, the county seat of that county. It is also the owner of a telephone system and…