People Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.

This is an information in the nature of quo warranto, filed by the. people of the State of Michigan on relation of Andrew B. Dougherty, then attorney general, to oust the Michigan Bell Telephone Company, a Michigan corporation, of its franchise. After plea and replication evidence was adduced upon the following, stipulated by counsel to be the issue:

“Whether the defendant exercises its corporate franchises and conducts its business, or such substantial part thereof as to warrant judgment of ouster, subject to the domination and in accordance with and in submission to the dictation of the…