Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Danaher
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ARKANSAS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of a statute of Arkansas relating to telephone companies, are stated in the opinion. As to the construction of the Act of March 31,1885, see Cumberland Telephone Co. v. Kelly, 160 Fed.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ARKANSAS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of a statute of Arkansas relating to telephone companies, are stated in the opinion. As to the construction of the Act of March 31,1885, see Cumberland Telephone Co. v. Kelly, 160 Fed. Rep. 316; Pacific Telephone Co. v. Railway, 66 Maryland, 399; Plummer v. Hattelstead, 117 N. W. Rep. 680; Smith v. Telephone Co., 158 S. W. Rep. 980; Hockett v. State, 105 Indiana, 250; Cent. Union Tel. Co. v. State, 106 Indiana, 1; State v. Citizens Tel. Co., 61 S. Car. 83;…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This was an action against a telephone company by one of its patrons to recover penalties .at the rate of $100 per day for 63 days for alleged discrimination against the plaintiff, the right of recovery being grounded upon a statute of Arkansas, Kirby’s Digest, § 7948, reading as follows:
“Every telephone company doing business in this State and engaged in a general telephone business shall supply all applicants for telephone connection and facilities without discrimination or partiality; provided, such applicants comply or offer to comply with the reasonable regulations of the company, and no…
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