People's Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Berks & Dauphin Turnpike Road

Citations

• 199 Pa. 411
• 49 A. 284
• 1901 Pa. LEXIS 619

Syllabus

<p>Telephone companies—Telegraph companies—Turnpike road companies —Acts of April 29, 1874, P. L. 73, May 1, 1876, P. L. 90, and June 25, 1885, P. L. 164.</p> <p>A statute applicable to telegraph companies is also applicable to telephone companies.</p> <p>A turnpike road when used by the public is a public highway, and under the act of April 29, 1874, a telephone company may locate and construct a line of telegraph poles and wire upon a turnpike road, provided that such location and construction does not incommode the public use of the road.</p>