Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Mayor of Baltimore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Wickks, J.) The complete text of ordinance No. 41 is as follows : No. 41. An ordinance to provide for laying the wires of The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore City, or of The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, or of both of said companies, in underground conduits in the city of Baltimore.
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Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Wickks, J.) The complete text of ordinance No. 41 is as follows : No. 41. An ordinance to provide for laying the wires of The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore City, or of The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, or of both of said companies, in underground conduits in the city of Baltimore. Whereas, it has been made known to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, that The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore City, and The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, have entered upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
The appellants, being the plaintiffs below, filed a bill in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, for the purpose of enjoining the city authorities from preventing, obstructing or in any way interfering with the construction by the plaintiffs, under the supervision of the City Commissioner, of underground conduits upon certain streets named in the bill, according to the plans of location and construction filed with the bill, or with the making of the necessary excavations for such conduits, or with the use thereof for the laying and using of telephone wires therein.
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