Mobile & Ohio Railroad v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. William S. Anderson. •This was a proceeding by the appellee, the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, to condemn an easement in its favor for the purpose of constructing and operating a line of telegraph over the right of way of the Mobile & ■Ohio Eailroad Company, and was commenced by a petition filed by the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, addressed to the judge of the probate court of Mobile county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. William S. Anderson. •This was a proceeding by the appellee, the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, to condemn an easement in its favor for the purpose of constructing and operating a line of telegraph over the right of way of the Mobile & ■Ohio Eailroad Company, and was commenced by a petition filed by the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, addressed to the judge of the probate court of Mobile county. This petition averred that the petitioner was a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of New York, for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
This case is an appeal from the circuit court, to review the proceedings of that court in the trial of the cause on appeal from the'probate court, where they were instituted, for the condemnation of an easement in favor of the appellee company, to construct and operate its line of telegraph over the right of way of appellant company. The case is here on appeal by the railroad company, but the real party in interest, as reasonably appears from the proceedings, is the Western Union Telegraph Company, with which the railroad company has a contract for an exclusive line over its right of way ;…
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