Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Sproul

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This action was brought by the Missouri Pacific Railway Company to enjoin Loren Sproul from removing or interfering with the telegraph wires of the company, used in connection with the operation of its trains.

The defendant is engaged in the business of moving buildings in El Dorado, and had a contract to move a building from where it stood to a place on the other side of the plaintiff’s railroad. Suspended on the same poles were the wires owned jointly by the plaintiff and the Western Union Telegraph Company, also those of the Atchison,…