Commercial Cable Co. v. Burleson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The cases are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
By virtue of the Joint Resolution of July 16, 1918, [c. 154, 40 Stat. 904] considered in the Dakota Central Telephone Case, decided June 2, 1919, ante, 163, the President, by proclamation dated November 2,1918, [40 Stat. 1872], assumed control, possession, and supervision “of each and every marine cable system and every part thereof owned or controlled and operated by any company or companies organized and existing under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof.”
As in the case of the telephone lines, the proclamation conferred authority upon the Postmaster General to carry out its…
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