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MEMPHIS v. CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE CO.

No. 42.

218 U.S. 624 (1910)

CITY OF MEMPHIS v. CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 12, 1910.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles M. Bryan, with whom Mr. Marion G. Evans was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. William L. Granbery, with whom Mr. Luke E. Wright and Mr. Eldridge E. Wright were on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

We are met at the threshold of this case with a challenge of the appellate jurisdiction of this court. The case was begun in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee by a bill filed by the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company against the city of Memphis, seeking to enjoin the enforcement of the provisions of an ordinance of that city passed September 24, 1907, regulating...

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