Town of Hodgenville v. Gainesboro Tel. Co., Inc.

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Logan

Affirming.

On June 1, 1925, the town of Hodgenville, by ordinance, granted a franchise to the G-ainesboro Telephone Company which authorized it to maintain and operate a system of telephones in the town. Pursuant to the authority thus granted, the telephone company innstalled a system of telephones in the town, and has since been engaged in the business of operating telephones therein.

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