State v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
Information for violation of No. 124, Acts 1906. Pleas, .not guilty and a special plea relying on a contract between the respondent and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company made before the passage of said act. Trial by jury waived, and trial by court at the March Term, 1907, Orleans County, Powers, J., presiding. The respondent was found guilty, and judgment entered accordingly. The respondent excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
The respondent is informed against for an alleged violation of Act No. 124 of the Laws of 1906, section one of which reads: “Every railroad corporation doing business in *122this State shall grant to every person, firm, joint stock company or corporation operating a public telephone line in the State and having at least five hundred telephone connections, equal and reasonable terms, arrangements and facilities for the installation of telephone instruments on the lines, or connected with the telephone system of such person, firm, joint stock company or corporation, in all depots, station houses or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Blanchard v. City of BarreSupreme Court of Vermont · 1905
3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. HallSupreme Court of Vermont · 1923
- Carpenter v. Central Vermont Railway Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1919
- Sabre v. Rutland RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1913