Eastern Kentucky Home Telephone Co. v. Dempster Construction Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson—

Affirming.

This action was brought by the Eastern Kentucky Home Telephone Company and Mrs. Stella Starkey, the sole owner thereof, against the Dempster Construction Company. It was allegnd that the plaintiff owned and operated a line of telephone between Pikeville, Kentucky, and Williamson, West Virginia, during the year 1922; that the defendant, against the plaintiff’s wiil and consent, unlawfully and wrongfully tore down and destroyed the telephone line at various places, and the plaintiff was compelled to go to the expense of employing men and…