American Union Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Bill in Equity by Telegraph Qompany to Enjoin another Telegraph Company from impeding or 'obstructing the Construction of its Lines. Appeal from Mobile Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. H. Austill. This was a bill filed by the American Union Telegraph Company against the "Western Union Telegraph Company.
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Bill in Equity by Telegraph Qompany to Enjoin another Telegraph Company from impeding or 'obstructing the Construction of its Lines. Appeal from Mobile Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. H. Austill. This was a bill filed by the American Union Telegraph Company against the "Western Union Telegraph Company. Tbe bill avers, that the American Union Telegraph Company is a corporation created by the laws of the State of Louisiana and domiciled in the city of New Orleans; that the purpose and object of said corporation was to erect, maintain and operate lines of telegraph in Louisiana and in the…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
— The bill in this case was filed by the' appellant against the appellee, claiming to be organized as a body corporate under the laws of Louisiana, and showing itseíf entitled, as a telegraph company, to the benefits of the act of Congress of July 24,1866, relating to the construction of telegraph lines, over the. public domain, across navigable streams, and along “ any of the military .or post-roads of the United States.”
■ The complainant does not allege the possession or ownership of any property whatever, in the State of Alabama, except its corporate franchise, nor does it claim to have…
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