Legal Opinion
New York Telephone Co. v. Jamestown Telephone Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 12, 1940PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lehman, Ch. J.
The defendant, Jamestown Telephone Corporation, is the sole telephone company in the city of Jamestown. Its wires extend only fifteen miles beyond the city. The plaintiff, New York Telephone Company, maintains a telephone system extending to all parts of the State. The defendant corporation was formed to take over the business and property of a corporation, which had been controlled by the New York Telephone Company and had been operated as part of its general telephone system, and the business and property of Home Telephone Company, a local independent telephone company. The…
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