Michigan Tel. Co. v. City of Charlotte
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Michigan
In Equity. On motion for preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
SEVERENS, District Judge.
The bill in this case was filed by the complainant, the Michigan Telephone Company, against the city of Charlotte, to restrain it from enforcing an ordinance requiring the company to transfer its poles and wires from where they stand, in front of blocks 24 and 31, on Main street, in said city, to the alley next adjoining said street, and running parallel therewith. This ordinance was passed upon the grounds that the poles now standing and supporting the wires along said street are decayed to such an extent that they have become inadequate to the support of the system…
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