Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided June 13, 1977Published
1Opinion of the Court
Honorable Emory C. Walton Criminal District Attorney Eastland County Eastland, Texas 76448
Re: Authority of a telephone company to lay buried telephone lines within county road right of way without the approval of the commissioners court.
Dear Mr. Walton:
You have requested our opinion regarding the authority of a telephone company to lay buried telephone lines within the right-of-way of a county road without the approval of the commissioners court. Article 1416, V.T.C.S., provides:
Corporations created for the purpose of constructing and maintaining magnetic telegraph lines, are authorized to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Canales v. LaughlinTexas Supreme Court · 1948
- City of Brownwood v. Brown Telegraph & Telephone Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1913
- Athens Telephone Co. v. City of AthensCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- City of Texarkana v. Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1907
- City of Brownwood v. Brown Telegraph & Telephone Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1912
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