HOME TELEPHONE CO. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 173.

211 U.S. 265 (1908)

HOME TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1908.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Oscar A. Trippet, with whom Mr. A. Haines was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Leslie R. Hewitt, with whom Mr. John W. Shenk and Mr. W.B. Mathews were on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE MOODY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit in equity brought in the Circuit Court of the United States by the appellant, a telephone company, against the city of Los Angeles, and its officers. The object of the suit is to restrain the enforcement of certain ordinances which fixed the rates to be charged for telephone service; required every person, firm or corporation supplying telephone service...

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