Legal Opinion
Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Railroad Commission
California Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 1927No. Docket No. S.F. 11956PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWaste, C. J.
The petitioner, Postal Telegraph-Cable Company, constructed a line from Niland, through Brawley, Imperial, and El Centro, to Calexico, known as its Imperial Valley extension, and opened offices in the places mentioned for the transaction of a general telegraph business. The respondent Railroad Commission, of its own motion, and assuming to act under the provisions of section 50, subdivisions (a) and (b), of the Public Utilities Act (Stats. 1915, p. 115; amended Stats. 1917, p. 168), instituted an investigation into the construction of the line and the business being carried on over it. After…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Pensacola Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Attorney General of CommonwealthSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Russell v. SebastianSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- WU Tel. Co. v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HopkinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1911
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3Cited by12 opinions
- People v. Ocean Shore Railroad, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1948
- County of Los Angeles v. Southern California Telephone Co.California Supreme Court · 1948
- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- Cox Communications PCS, L.P. v. City of San MarcosDistrict Court, S.D. California · 2002
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