Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co. v. City of Minneapolis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Henne-pin county, McGee, J., sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
This action was brought to restrain the city of Minneapolis, its mayor, chief of police, and city engineer, from the threatened enforcement of certain ordinances, as illegal interferences with the rights of the plaintiff in the use of its telephone system and exchanges in that city. , A demurrer was interposed by the defendants denying the sufficiency of the complaint to state a cause of action. The court below sustained the demurrer, from which order plaintiff appeals.
The complaint- sets forth at length the grievances of which plaintiff complains, and facts which justify its fears that the…
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- New Orleans Water-Works Co. v. RiversSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Cater v. Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Pikes Peak Power Co. v. City of Colorado SpringsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
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