Western Union Tel. Co. v. Myatt
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas
On Application for Temporary Injunction. The Western Union Telegraph Company is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New York, and is a citizen of that state. The defendants are citizens and residents of the state of Kansas.
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On Application for Temporary Injunction. The Western Union Telegraph Company is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New York, and is a citizen of that state. The defendants are citizens and residents of the state of Kansas. Defendants W. A. Johnson, J. C. Postlethwaite, and L. C. Crum are the judges of the court of visitation, a tribunal organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 28 of the Special Session Laws of 1898 of the state of Kansas, the same being an act entitled “An act creating a court of visitation, declaring its jurisdiction and powers, and providing for…
1Opinion of the CourtHook, District Judge
(after stating the facts). The act of the legislature creating the court of visitation and defining its jurisdiction and powers, and the act fixing the maximum rates for telegraphic service, and conferring jurisdiction respecting telegraph companies upon the court of visitation,'are parts of the same general body of legislation affecting public-service corporations that was enacted at the special session of the Kansas legislature of 1898. They are, therefore, to be construed together; and, even were this not the case, the latter enactment is, by its terms, dependent upon the act creating the…
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