City of Tulsa v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

FRANKLIN E. KENNAMER, District Judge.

Plaintiff’s petition contains three causes of action. The first is to recover 4 per cent, of the gross revenue derived by defendant from its business at Tulsa from January 5, 1923, to June 1, 1932, under certain provisions of the city charter hereafter mentioned; the second is to eject defendant from the streets and alleys of the city; and the third is to recover damages for defendant’s alleged unlawful use of the streets and alleys of plaintiff from January 5, 1923, to June 1, 1932.

At the close of all the evidence, defendant has moved for a directed…