Leppard v. Central Carolina Telephone Co.

Mr. Associate Justice Fishburne

delivered the Opinion of the Court:

Appellan^ the owner of a lot abutting on a public street or highway in the town of Chesterfield, upon which her residence is located, brought suit in trespass to recover damages for injury to her property, and for a mandatory injunction to cause the removal of a telephone pole and wires placed by the respondent in the curb line of the sidewalk in front of her residence. This telephone line was built without the consent of the appellant, against her protest, and without the payment of compensation.

The defendant is a foreign…