Western Union Telegraph Co. v. State

Almand, Justice.

The exception here is to a judgment assessing a penalty of $2500, in a suit by the State of Georgia under the provisions of Code § 93-416 against Western Union Telegraph Company, on account of its alleged failure to obey Rule No. 2 of the Georgia Public Service Commission, which rule, in substance, prohibits a telegraph company doing business in this State from closing, removing, suspending, discontinuing, or abolishing an office or agency once established by the company in Georgia, without authority granted by the Public Ser vice Commission. On the trial of the case before…