Chamberlain v. Iowa Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Polk Distriet Court. — BLon. S. F. Frouty Judge. Action to restrain the defendant from occupying the streets and alleys in the city of Des Moines with' its telephone poles and wires.
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Appeal from, Polk Distriet Court. — BLon. S. F. Frouty Judge. Action to restrain the defendant from occupying the streets and alleys in the city of Des Moines with' its telephone poles and wires. There was a hearing on the plaintiff’s application for a temporary injunction, and an order made restraining the “defendant, Iowa Telephone Company, its officers, ageuts, etc., from digging, excavating, obstructing, erecting, or replacing telephone poles and posts, and from stringing or rest'ringing wires and cables in, on, or aloug the streets of the city of Des Moines, Polk •county, Iowa, known as…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, J.
The plaintiffs are residents and taxpayers of the city of Des Moines, owning residences fronting upon West Grand avenue in said city, along which the •defendant maintains a telephone line as a part of its plant extending oyer the city. This plant was originally built by the Des Moines Telephone Exchange Oom.pany about 1880, and in 1881 was sold to the Western Telephone Company, who in turn sold it to the Central Onion Telephone Company, whose successor the defendant is. In 1891 the city council of Des Moines granted to the Central Onion Telephone Company a five-year franchise, authorizing it…
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