Legal Opinion
Coosa Valley Telephone Company v. Martin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 22, 1961No. 7 Div. 539PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Justice.
Petitioner, Coosa Valley Telephone Company, appealed from a judgment of $100 in favor of Martin, a dentist in Pell City, in an action for damages because petitioner discontinued his telephone service. The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment and the writ of certiorari was issued to review the action of that court.
A summation of the facts, more fully stated in the opinion of the Court of Appeals, follows:
In 1955, petitioner bought the assets of the St. Clair County Telephone Company and was authorized to serve the Pell City area by the Alabama Public Service Commission.
The…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. DanaherSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Sims v. Alabama Water Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Cumberland Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. HobartMississippi Supreme Court · 1906
- Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Co. v. Louisville Water Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Birmingham Waterworks Co. v. DavisAlabama Court of Appeals · 1918
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Water Supply Board of City of Arab v. WilliamsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1974
- Coosa Valley Telephone Co. v. CoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
- Coosa Valley Telephone Company v. MartinAlabama Court of Appeals · 1961
- Coosa Valley Telephone Company v. MartinAlabama Court of Appeals · 1961