State ex rel. Hooten v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Superior Court of Marion County (71,998) ; Vinson Garter, Judge. Action by The State of Indiana, on the relation of Elliott R. Hooten, as Prosecuting Attorney, against the Western Union Telegraph Company. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The prosecuting attorney of Marion county procured the issuance of an alternative writ of mandamus requiring appellee to make delivery, by messenger, of telegraphic dispatches to all parts of the city of Indianapolis upon equal terms and without any charge except the proper charge for transmitting such messages to said city, or show cause why the same should not be done.
Appellee made its answer or return to said writ in which the following facts, with others, were alleged: Appellee is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New York, and is engaged in doing a general…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. JamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HendersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. AyersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
- Campbell v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1893
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- East Boyer Telephone Co. v. Incorporated Town of VailSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914