State ex rel. Burton v. Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co.

The county attorney of Labette county broúght this suit in the name of the state perpetually to enjoin the defendant telephone company from constructing a telephone system in the city' of Parsons under a franchise which had been granted by the city for that purpose. A restraining order was granted by the probate judge, the district judge being absent from the county. Afterward, on motion, the restraining order was dissolved and an application for a temporary injunction refused by the district court. From this action of the court the case has been brought here by proceedings in error. The…