People's Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. East Tennessee Telephone Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee. This case is brought here by an appeal taken by the defendants in the court below from an order there entered granting an injunction upon a bill fifed by iho East Tennessee Telephone Company for the purpose of restraining said defendants from making or maintaining connections by means of wires, switches, or other devices with the wires or other property of the complainant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee. This case is brought here by an appeal taken by the defendants in the court below from an order there entered granting an injunction upon a bill fifed by iho East Tennessee Telephone Company for the purpose of restraining said defendants from making or maintaining connections by means of wires, switches, or other devices with the wires or other property of the complainant. The facis material to the question involved In the controversy are these: About 18 years ago the East Tennessee Telephone Company, a…
1Opinion of the CourtSeverens, Circuit Judge
The assignments of error, omitting such as are not specific enough to require attention, are all closely related, and may be considered under a few beads. It is urged that there was error in granting the injunction, because it appears from the record that the defendants faad not made the connections complained of, arid were not intending to do so. The contention is that it is only the patrons who are making these connections, and that, as the answer puts it, “complainant Las sued the wrong persons.” But it seems to us that no mistake has fceen made in this particular. The participation of the…
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