Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. City of Newport
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OF THE STATE OP KENTUCKY. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
delivered the opinion of the court.. On December 5, 1895, the council of the City of Newport, Kentucky, passed an ordinance purporting to grant to the Postal Telegraph Cable Company and its successors, subject to.certain limitations, the right and privilege of erecting poles and stretching wires over the streets and alleys of the city necessary to the establishment, operation, and maintenance of a telegraph system connecting that city with other towns and cities. Among its provisions were these: (a) that, unless the company should within thirty days, and in writing, accept the grant subject…
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