United States Telephone Co. v. Middlepoint Home Telephone Co.
Van Wert Circuit Court
This action began in the court of common pleas. It is founded upon a contract for an exclusive interchange of telephone business between the plaintiff and the defendant companies. The relief sought is an injunction against the defendant company from a violation of the contract by connecting its exchange with and routing business over the lines of the Central Union Telephone Company.
1Opinion of the Court
' A temporary injunction was allowed in that court as prayed for and made permanent upon final hearing.
An appeal has been taken and the cause submitted here upon the pleadings and evidence, and upon elaborate and able argument of the respective counsel.
As a preliminary to a discussion of the legal principles involved it may be recited that the Middlepoint Home Telephone Company, an incorporation of Ohio, is a characteristic local telephone company with village and rural lines, a central exchange in the village of Middlepoint, Van Wert county, and toll service connection with the county seat…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Donovan v. Pennsylvania Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad v. Pullman Southern Car Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Whitwell v. Continental Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- State ex rel. Goodwine v. CadwalladerIndiana Supreme Court · 1909
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