Danaher v. Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, First Division; Robert J. Rea, Judge; The case should have been submitted to the jury. 81 Ark. 486. A telephone company will not be permitted to make illegal discriminations between patrons. 76 Ark. 124; 2t L. R. A. 639; 36 D. R. A. 535; 51 L. R. A. 744; 14 L. R. A. 424; 32 D. R. A. 697. Defendant had no right to refuse service to force settlement of a disputed account. 85 Am. St. R. 882; 39 S. E. 257; 6 Wis. 539; 17 Neb. 126; 52 Am.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, First Division; Robert J. Rea, Judge; The case should have been submitted to the jury. 81 Ark. 486. A telephone company will not be permitted to make illegal discriminations between patrons. 76 Ark. 124; 2t L. R. A. 639; 36 D. R. A. 535; 51 L. R. A. 744; 14 L. R. A. 424; 32 D. R. A. 697. Defendant had no right to refuse service to force settlement of a disputed account. 85 Am. St. R. 882; 39 S. E. 257; 6 Wis. 539; 17 Neb. 126; 52 Am. Rep. 404; 8 Am. & Eng. Corp. Cas. 1; 29 E. R. A. 376; 64 N. W. 711; 41 S. W. 1058; 29 N. E. 97; 32 Atl. 906. The statute under…
1Opinion of the CourtBattee, J.
Adelia P. Danaher brought this action against the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company to recover the statutory penalty for discrimination against the plaintiff by refusing to furnish her telephone service for a period of forty days. Plaintiff alleged in her complaint that she is, “and for many years has been, a subscriber to the defendant’s telephone exchange in Dittle Rock, and as such had a telephone instrument in her residence, furnished by defendant, and was at all times upon her call furnished with connections to all other telephones in said exchange until March 30, 1908, when the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1887
- State ex rel. Webster v. Nebraska Telephone Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1885
- State ex rel. Payne v. Kinloch Telephone Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1902
3Cited by7 opinions
- Home Telephone Co. v. People's Telephone & Telegraph Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1911
- Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. DanaherSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Danaher v. Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. MatlockSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1937
- Hill v. Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
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