Blashfield v. Empire State Tel. & Tel. Co.
New York Supreme Court
Action by H. Wilson Blashfield, assignee, against the Empire Telephone &• Telegraph Company. Judgment for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Nottingham, R.
Recovery is sought by the plaintiff in this action upon, a number of assigned claims for damages alleged to have been sustained by the owners of the fee and persons in possession of premises running to the-center of a public highway in the country by the erection and maintenance thereupon of a telephone line by the defendant. In the county of Cortland,, in the year 1884, poles were set and wires strung for a telephone from Glen Haven to Homer, through the village of Scott; and in 1887 from Preble to-Homer; and in 1890 from Homer to Truxton. The Truxton line is conceded to have…
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