Moore v. Hillsdale County Telephone Co.

The Waldron Telephone Exchange appears to have originally been a neighborhood arrangement. I find no material contradiction of testimony fpr complainants here set out:

“Mr. J. M. Barnes and myself were the originators of it. We thought it a good thing to have an exchange among ourselves in the village, and went around and got all together into it that would, with the understanding that each one would share pro rata with the expenses. We bought material and divided the cost amongst us. I think there were 15 of the original starters of the phone. We estimated the probable cost, and they each…