State ex rel. Coleman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original proceeding in quo warranto.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court, was delivered by
Burch, J.:
The state, on the relation of the attorney-general, brings this action to oust the .deféndant from the. exercise of the corporate franchise of receiving, transmitting and delivering intrastate telegraphic messages for pay. The defendant is a foreign corporation, and the action is predicated upon its refusal to pay the charter fee prescribed by section 6 of chapter 10 of the Laws of 1898, as amended by section 1 of chapter 125 of the Laws of 1901 (Gen. Stat. 1901, § 1264), which payment is made a condition precedent to the granting of…
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