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UNITED LINES TEL. CO. v. BOSTON TRUST CO.

No. 106.

147 U.S. 431 (1893)

13 S.Ct. 396

37 L.Ed. 231

UNITED LINES TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. BOSTON SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 30, 1893.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert G. Ingersoll for appellants.

Mr. William G. Wilson, (with whom was Mr. Hamilton Wallis on the brief,) for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

On the 28th of August, 1883, a written agreement was made between the American Rapid Telegraph Company, (hereinafter called the Rapid Company,) a Connecticut corporation, and the Bankers' and Merchants' Telegraph Company, (hereinafter called the Bankers' Company,) a New York corporation. It recited that the Rapid Company was desirous of extending its telegraph system so as to connect Buffalo, New York, by...

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