State ex rel. Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. City of Sheboygan
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an drder of the circuit court for Sheboygan county: Michael KirwaN, Circuit Judge. The relator, The Wisconsin Telephone Company, presented to the circuit court for Sheboygan county its petition for an alternative writ of mandamus, setting out the following facts: The relator is a Wisconsin corporation, organized in 1882, conducting a telephone business and maintaining telephone lines and exchanges in this state.' The defendant city of Sheboygan is a municipal…
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Appeal from an drder of the circuit court for Sheboygan county: Michael KirwaN, Circuit Judge. The relator, The Wisconsin Telephone Company, presented to the circuit court for Sheboygan county its petition for an alternative writ of mandamus, setting out the following facts: The relator is a Wisconsin corporation, organized in 1882, conducting a telephone business and maintaining telephone lines and exchanges in this state.' The defendant city of Sheboygan is a municipal corporation, and the other defendants mayor, clerk, and aldermen of said city. The petition sets out the charter provisions…
1Opinion of the CourtBabdebN, J.
The relator is a Wisconsin corporation organized for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and ■operating a system of telephones in this state. It has such powers, and is subject to such restrictions and regulations, .-as are granted and prescribed by law. Its authority to use and occupy the streets and highways of the state is granted by sec. 1778, Stats. 1898, which came into existence in 1848. So far as is material to this litigation, such section reads as -follows:
“ Any corporation formed under this chapter to build and • operate telegraph lines, or conduct the business of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- City of St. Louis v. Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- Hudson River Telephone Co. v. Watervliet Turnpike & Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. City of OshkoshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Michigan Telephone Co. v. City of Benton HarborMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
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- City of Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
- City of La Crosse v. La Crosse Gas & Electric Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
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