Legal Opinion
Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. City of Newport
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided October 13, 1914PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from Campbell Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Carroll
Affirming.
In 1895 tbe council of tbe city of Newport adopted an ordinance granting to tbe Postal Telegraph Cable Company, and its successors, tbe right and privilege of erecting poles and stretching wires through the streets and alleys of the city of Newport.
The ordinance contains several sections defining the rights of the city and the company that it is not necessary to here notice, and further provided: “Nor shall anything in this ordinance be construed as granting a franchise to the said Postal Telegraph Cable Company.”
In section seven it was provided…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hayes v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Southern Railway Co. v. GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- St. Louis v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Metropolitan Railroad v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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3Cited by5 opinions
- City of Owensboro v. Top Vision Cable Co. of KentuckyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1972
- City of Hartford v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- City of Covington v. Union Light, Heat & Power Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
- City of Lexington v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
- Bastin Telephone Co. v. MountCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917