OWENSBORO v. CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE CO.

No. 244.

230 U.S. 58 (1913)

CITY OF OWENSBORO v. CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 16, 1913.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R.S. Todd and Mr. George W. Jolly for appellant.


MR. JUSTICE LURTON, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

1. That the right conferred by the ordinance involved is something more than a mere license, is plain. A license has been generally defined as a mere personal privilege to do acts upon the land of the licensor of a temporary character, and revocable at the will of the latter unless, according to some authorities, in the meantime expenditures...

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