Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Williamson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Panola county. Hon. I. T. Blount, Chancellor. Suit by Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co., against J. F. Williams et al. -From a decree dismissing the bill complainants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Panola county. Hon. I. T. Blount, Chancellor. Suit by Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co., against J. F. Williams et al. -From a decree dismissing the bill complainants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We take it that the third and fourth grounds of the motion for the dissolution of the injunction are intended to present the same objection to the jurisdiction of the equity court, viz., that the plaintiffs in the action at law had demanded punitive damages, which damages, it is now said, will not be awared by a court of equity,…
1Opinion of the CourtMcLean, J.
J. F. Williamson and three other parties each brought separate and independent suits against the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company. These were actions of tort, brought at law, for the recovery of damages, both actual and punitive. Each declaration alleged that the plaintiff therein was a subscriber to a local telephone company, doing business in Sardis, Panola county, known as the “Rural Telephone Company;” that the Cumberland Telephone Company purchased the plant of the Rural Telephone Company, and that then the Rural Company went into liquidation, and that subsequently the Cumberland…
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