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WESTERN UNION TEL. CO. v. PENN. R.R. ET AL.

Nos. 89, 199.

195 U.S. 540 (1904)

25 S.Ct. 133

49 L.Ed. 312

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 12, 1904.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John F. Dillon, Mr. Rush Taggart and Mr. Henry D. Estabrook, with whom Mr. Richard Vliet Lindabury was on the brief, for appellant and petitioner.

Mr. John G. Johnson for appellees and respondents in Nos. 89 and 199 and defendant in error in No. 90.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

By an act of Congress, approved July 7, 1838, and by subsequent acts, March 3, 1853, 10 Stat. 249, 255, c. 146; sec. 3964, Rev. Stat., June 8, 1872, 17 Stat. 283, railroads within the limits of the United States were made post routes or roads.

By act of March 1, 1884, it is provided "that all public roads and highways, while...

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