CITY OF PORTLAND v. PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO.

No. 12042.

5 F.Supp. 79 (1933)

CITY OF PORTLAND v. PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO.

District Court, D. Oregon.

October 16, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Grant, City Atty., and R. A. Imlay, Deputy City Atty., both of Portland, Or., for plaintiff.

Omar C. Spencer, Philip Chipman, and Carey, Hart, Spencer & McCulloch, all of Portland, Or., for defendant.


McNARY, District Judge (after stating the facts as above).

The one important question presented by the demurrer is whether the Oregon Legislature is empowered to confer upon municipalities the authority to exact compensation for the use of their streets by a privately owned public utility without franchise. A determination of this question requires merely the application of primary principles.

It is elemental that the control of all highways of the state,...

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