FRANKLIN TELEGRAPH CO. v. HARRISON

No. 319.

145 U.S. 459 (1892)

FRANKLIN TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. HARRISON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1892.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. Rush Taggart for appellants.

Mr. R.C. McMurtrie and Mr. S.S. Hollingsworth for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought to obtain a decree restraining the appellants, the defendants below, from terminating or in anywise interfering with the use by the appellees, the plaintiffs below, of a telegraph wire upon the poles of the defendants between Philadelphia and New York, and requiring the defendants to maintain such wire in good working order for the use of plaintiffs and their licensees.

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