Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
This was an application by the appellee, a telegraph company, to the Court below for a mandamus, which was accordingly ordered, against the appellant, another telegraph company, but doing a general telephone business.
Both the appellant and appellee are corporations formed under the general incorporation law of this State, (Act 1868, ch. 471,) and-both were organized “for constructing, owning, leasing and operating telegraph lines within this State, or from or to any point or points within this State, or upon the boundaries thereof.” The appellee was incorporated on the 7th day of January,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Patterson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Hockett v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- American Rapid Telegraph Co. v. Connecticut Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1881
3Cited by43 opinions
- Budd v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- People v. . BuddNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Richmond v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Baird v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Hildebrand v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
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