People ex rel. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Public Service Commission
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 14, 1920, which reversed, on certiorari, an order of the public service commission (second district) requiring the relator to extend credit to the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company for messages transferred to it by the latter, and directed a dismissal of the proceeding.
1Opinion of the CourtElkus, J.
The Postal Telegraph Company and the Western Union Company are competitors in the business of transmitting messages by telegraph throughout the *97United States and have been such for many years. Each company maintains offices and has wires in various of the cities and villages of the state. The Western Union Telegraph Company has a greater number of such offices and reaches more places than the Postal Telegraph Company and the Postal Telegraph Company is in communication with some villages and cities which the Western Union Telegraph Company does not reach.
It appears that, for thirty years, it…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- People Ex Rel. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Public Service Commission for the Second DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- People ex rel. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
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