Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Sharp & White
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court, Jonesboro District; J. F. Gcmtney, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Y. S. Sharp land H. D. White, partners ¡ais Sharp & White, instituted this /action in the ¡circuit /court against the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. to recover penalties under /our statute fox ¡alleged 'discrimination /against them /by the defendant in furnishing telephone service.
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Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court, Jonesboro District; J. F. Gcmtney, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Y. S. Sharp land H. D. White, partners ¡ais Sharp & White, instituted this /action in the ¡circuit /court against the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. to recover penalties under /our statute fox ¡alleged 'discrimination /against them /by the defendant in furnishing telephone service. The testimony taken at the trial w.as voluminous, hut we think 'the issues raised by the appeal are simple /and may be briefly Stated /as follows: The -'defendant telephone company 'owns, maintains and…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(¡after stating the facts). This snit was brought under an act approved February 25, 1913. See Acts 1913, p. 346.
Section 1 of that not is ¡as follows:
“Section 1. That ¡section 7948 of Kirby’s Digest shall be ¡amended so as to read as f ollows:
“Section 7948. Every telephone company doing business in this State and engaged in a general telephone business shall supply ¡all ¡applicants for telephone connection ¡and facilities without discrimination or partiality, within ten days after written demand therefor; provided, such applicants comply or offer to comply with the reasonable…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Yancey v. Batesville Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
- Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. DanaherSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
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