Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Mobile
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Alabama
In Equity.
1Opinion of the Court
TOULMIN, District Judge.
The pleadings in this case are; The bill of complaint, the motion of defendants to dismiss the bill for want of equity, the defendants’ demurrer to the bill, and their answer to the bill. The case is now submitted on complainant’s motion for an injunction pendente lite, and on defendants’ motion to dismiss and their demurrer to the bill.
The bill alleges, substantially, that complainant is conducting its business in the city of Mobile under and by authority of the general laws of the state of Alabama and of two ordinances adopted by said city, one on December 13, 1889,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Illinois Trust & Savings Bank v. City of Arkansas CityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1896
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
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- State ex rel. St. Louis Underground Service Co. v. MurphySupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
- Perry v. New Orleans, Mobile & Chattanooga RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
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- Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of MeridianDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1957
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