City of Fort Smith v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

Majority

p. 627

No. 151.

City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, et al. v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas.

Argued January 19, 20, 1926.

Decided January 25, 1926.

[Mr. Vincent M. Miles, with whom Mr. Thomas B. Pryor was on the brief, for appellants. . Mr. E. W.

Affirmed with costs, upon the authority of Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co., 258 U. S. 165 , 175; Galveston Electric Co. v. City of Galveston, 258 U. S. 388 , 395; State of Missouri ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of Missouri, 262 U. S. 276 , 287; Georgia Ry. & Power Co. v. Railroad Commission of Georgia, 262 U. S. 625 , 631; Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service Commission of West Virginia, 263 U. S. 679 , 690.

p. 628

Clausen, with whom Messrs. J. W. Jamison and C. M. Bracelen were on the brief, for appellee.