Legal Opinion
City of San Diego v. Southern California Telephone Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 11, 1949No. Civ. 3656PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.
This action was brought to determine whether or not the defendant, in the operation of its telephone system, is occupying portions of streets in San Diego without a legal right so to do.
The city first adopted a freeholders’ charter in 1889. The defendant succeeded to the rights of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company. The latter company and its predecessors had obtained the right to maintain poles, wires and other equipment for telephone purposes over the city streets for 30-year periods, through city ordinances adopted in 1886, 1896 and 1904. In 1914, the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- St. Louis v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Ex Parte DanielsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
- City of Owensboro v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Russell v. SebastianSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
- City of Petaluma v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.California Supreme Court · 1955
- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- People v. AmdurCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1961
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