Delaware & A. Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Delaware ex rel. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Delaware. Petition by the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company for a writ of mandamus to compel the Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph <& Telephone Company to place a telephone transmitter and receiver in the office of relator on the same terms as are given to other subscribers.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Delaware. Petition by the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company for a writ of mandamus to compel the Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph <& Telephone Company to place a telephone transmitter and receiver in the office of relator on the same terms as are given to other subscribers. The petition was originally brought in the superior court of the state of Delaware, for New Castle county, and was removed therefrom to the court below, which awarded the writ as prayed. See 47 Fed. Rep. 633. Respondent brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Butler, District-Judge.
There is no controversy about the facts of this case. The relator owns and operates- a telegraph system with lines extending throughout the country, having its principal office in the city of Wilmington. The respondent owns and operates a telephone exchange in Wilmington connected with the places of business and residences of subscribers, to whom telephonic facilities are furnished. One of the subscribers enjoying such facilities is the Western Union. Telegraph Company. -The relator, desiring similar facilities, on the 20th of November, 1889, applied to the respondent…
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