Iowa Telephone Co. v. City of Keokuk
District Court, S.D. Iowa
In Equity. Suit by the Iowa Telephone Company against the City of Keokuk. On exceptions to the master’s report.
1Opinion of the Court
WADE, District Judge.
1. The complainant, the Iowa Teler phone Company, and its grantors, have, been occupying the streets of Keokuk, Iowa (a special charter city), since about 1882, and large sums of money have been expended in building and equipping- its telephone system and exchange, to meet the needs of the people of Keokuk, and to furnish facilities for long-distance messages in this and other' states. On August 2, 1913, an ordinance was duly passed by the city of Keokuk, 'which fixed the maximum rates which could be charged by any telephone company in that city, and which also provided :
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