City of Duluth v. Duluth Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for St. Louis county to restrain defendant company from maintaining and extending its telephone poles and wires in the streets of plaintiff city of Duluth. The case was tried before Cant, J., who found in favor of defendant. From a judgment entered pursuant to the findings, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The plaintiff municipality was organized under a special act of the legislature approved March 2, 1887. The defendant company was organized under G. S. 1878, c. 34, tit. 1, and its corporate existence began February 15, 1881. By a special act approved March 7, 1881, the exclusive right was conferred' upon the company, as it then existed, to erect and maintain telephone poles and wires upon and over its streets, avenues, and alleys for a period of ten years; and by the special act of the legislature approved April 13, 1889, this privilege was extended until March 8, 1899. Commencing in 1882,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co. v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
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