Michigan Telephone Co. v. City of Benton Harbor
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Berrien; Coolidge, J. Bill by the Michigan Telephone Company against the city of Benton Harbor to restrain interference with complainant’s poles and wires. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, C. J.
This case in its facts differs in only one particular from that of the same complainant against the city of St. Joseph, ante, 502, the opinion in which is filed simultaneously with this. In that case the records of the *513common council showed a resolution adopted granting permission to the Telephone & Telegraph Construction Company, while in this case the records of the common council do not show that such permission was granted. These two, cities are contiguous to each other, — separated only by a river. The work of „ the construction company in each was begun and carried on at the same time,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Leloup v. Port of MobileSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Pensacola Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. City of OshkoshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- People v. EatonMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Delaware & A. Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Delaware ex rel. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1892
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- Attorney General, Ex Rel. Owen v. JoyceMichigan Supreme Court · 1926
- City of Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
- State ex rel. Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. City of SheboyganWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
- City of Tulsa v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
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