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TELEGRAPH CO. v. TEXAS

105 U.S. 460 (____)

TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. TEXAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Wager Swayne for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.H. McLeary, Attorney-General of Texas, and Mr. Philip Phillips appeared for the defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

In Pensacola Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co. (96 U.S. 1), this court held that the telegraph was an instrument of commerce, and that telegraph companies were subject to the regulating power of Congress in respect to their foreign and inter-state business. A telegraph company occupies the same relation...

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