Blackledge v. Farmers Independent Telephone Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe State Railway Commission.
1Opinion of the CourtFlansbuko, J.
Appeal from an order of the Nebraska State Railway Commission, requiring physical connection between telephone companies' for the exchange of local service, as well as for the transmission of long-distance messages.
The Farmers Independent Telephone Company and the Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Company, both Nebraska corporations, are engaged in the telephone business at Red Cloud, Nebraska. Each operates a local exchange, and in that business they are direct competitors. The Farmers company has, also, farm lines extending into the country, and has switching exchanges with certain other…
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- New York Ex Rel. New York & Queens Gas Co. v. McCallSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission of WisconsinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
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