West India & Panama Telegraph Co. v. Public Service Commission
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
The Facts Stated in the Pleadings. The amended hill of complaint was filed July 12, 1918, on behalf of two different corporations, that is, the West India & Panama Telegraph Company, Limited, an English corporation doing business in Porto Pico by consent of the Crown of Spain, and subsequently the United States, and the Compagnie Francaise des Cables Telegraphiques, a corporation organized under the laws of France.
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The Facts Stated in the Pleadings. The amended hill of complaint was filed July 12, 1918, on behalf of two different corporations, that is, the West India & Panama Telegraph Company, Limited, an English corporation doing business in Porto Pico by consent of the Crown of Spain, and subsequently the United States, and the Compagnie Francaise des Cables Telegraphiques, a corporation organized under the laws of France. The former, hereinafter called the .English company, is the successor of José de Caceres, who obtained a concession by decree of the Crown May 28, 1868,. containing conditions, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Hamilton, Judge,
delivered the following opinion:
The bill in this cause was filed April 9, 1918, and seeks to enjoin the Public Service Commission of Porto Rico from regulating the charges on cables between Porto Rico and the-' United States, which that Commission had ordered reduced 40 per cent. The matter comes up at present upon a motion of the defendant, joined in by the Insular Chamber of Commerce, heretofore permitted to intervene, raising the question of jurisdiction of this court and also moving to dismiss the bill for reasons set out.
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