City of Roswell, N.M. v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.

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• noting that “[t]he term franchise usually means a grant of the right to use highways, streets and alleys,” which is distinctly different from the police power a municipality can utilize
• distinguishing franchises from the exercise of police power over use of streets and alleys which is generally accomplished through ordinances and resolutions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).