Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. Hudson River Tel. Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 15, 1887PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Motion for mandamus. The material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The relator is engaged in the transmission of messages by telegraph ; the defendant, in the transmission of human speech by means of the telephone. In addition, both relator and defendant carry on a general messenger business in the city of Albany, and each are duly organized under and by virtue of statutes of this State.
By the moving papers it appears that the relator demanded of the defendant that one of its telephones be placed in .the office of The Postal Telegraph Cable Company, and at the same time offered to pay any sum required for the privilege of having and using such telephone, and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Shepard v. Milwaukee Gas Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1858
- Barney v. Oyster Bay & Huntington Steamboat Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1876
- People v. Manhattan Gas Light Co.New York Supreme Court · 1865
3Cited by5 opinions
- Postal Cable Telegraph Co. v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1910
- People ex rel. New York Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission for the First DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
- In re Baldwinsville Telephone Co.New York Supreme Court · 1898
- People ex rel. Oneida Telephone Co. v. Central New York Telephone & Telegraph Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Hudson River Telephone Co. v. Watervliet Turnpike & RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1891