, 1877-03-31
TELEGRAPHIC WAR.

Western Union "a. At1nnuc 3 Pacific Bat
tcrlrA.
C1xctxsAr1, O., March 0o.-In tho Court OF
Common Pleas Ut Hamilton County, o.. Judge
1}urnct yesterday rendered decision in tho cn*o
Vt the Western Union Telegraph Company
against tho Marietta & Cincinnati 1'nroad
Company, the Baltimore Il Ohio Railroad Cum-
pany, and the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph COM
pany, granting perpetual injunction against
the use Of a wire recently erected between CIn-
cinnau and parkcrsburg by tho dcfcnlants.
Tho Court In rendering tic decision statcsi that
l,e had held tho ease for hoElo tln,n III tho hope
that he should bo advised OF tho result of tho
litignt!on in Baltimore, which II was supposed
would affect this controversy. Tho petition co,l-
tatncd prayer 10 enloin tncm from putting up
the wire, but before tlu case tanc up for lleartng
the wire had, in fact, 6ccn alrcady strung an,i
connected with the u1llcs Of sl,e Atlantlr Is I'd
cillc Company in this eity, 10 that the prayer for
m injunction to provcut tho defendants from
the usd Of aucl wre II now nil that Is presented
to the Court. In tho year ts57 the Marietta 4
Cincinnati Railroad Company, rs originally
organized, entered into contract with Amos
Kc,,.lall and oters, partners u1,lcr tho natns Of
tho Marietta d Cincinnati Telegraph Company,
for the putting up Of wire Of, tho poles as they
already stood on tho limo of the Mariutta & Gin
cinnatt Railroad Company from, htarlcttn TO
Cincinnati, and for tho common enjoyment and
use Of tho telegraph line thus to be put up and
of tlcliue TINT waa aready string Oh these pnlcs.
Subsequently to tic agreement with tic Clnrlr-
natl Il Marietta lsoa, Kendall nnt Ills associates
asslgnetl to the American Telegraph Company
their rights aud tho contract Ut thu Western
iine from arkrTsiI,irr tu lnlti,nrn ,,uIfor t,l
trnet will the baltimore t. UlliD Ra{lroatl, There
wis alsu assigncd to tllo American Telegraph
dali at,i bis usstxdatcs and thu Marietta Il Tin
cif,,nti Koa,l ft,r ttrncrnl tEro,rh h,tstnrss NJ
tejcrraplltnp, to b. secured to Kendall anti lila
assocatcs, did ali local business rus secured 10
Hight 10 usc for It's ow business tic i,uo q tl,u
Wrstcrn Teiat,rnnS frcn, Whrnlimr il N,iHs
,nurc. anl to scni tts 1nrssattcs III, lines ty,t-
ncctcd with that iiue. Thc Tclcerapl, Co1npat,y
tn thronGh business - 30 that IN fart It was 1 n an
ae1ec.;,ent ] for liz ot 5 % or co S' usu u oI tlIt M
Iitlo OF tcieurapl, Oh liz reit Of way Of tia R.
:rayt twit; trty years Viii trvis,on i .g.,, f,r
the extension Of Ills c,ntrnct alter tia ux,,irn.
partY to terminate # at ono year's notlrc. tho
Of Nnoa Kcu!ai att nssocatca as walf III tIaIr in.
thls cottrast nssSn.1 Ia tlla noint,iS ~ II tnt NJ
tic ualiiiT bccuii,u possessed of ali tho rirl,ts
te caposty Of perfornIng Iii IL a"s "
Nav. tic i{ailrtai Con,uni,y has. without rn,,.
sent NJ nioIntiT. nrrnIttei mil ,,nitci viii,
other defendants In putting i'm a fo1irth witn.
It is claI,lcti Iy ti,c Jcfs1nlnts tlIat tin rnr.
tract originally cntered lilo witl, tic Cincinnati
Il WnriGttn Kii]rnn1 (,oupany ia mt hin,jin~ M,
that Company u reolranixoI; That tIlu new CIV
ostiVo 'nade I tsctf rty
touublc, sIuce Tic REORGANIZATION of tE,u Com.
nany which bo,trht the ruad with tho linn uf
Telegraph on 1t, they have agtud under thu pro-
visions Of tho cnntrict on both sides garll party
cxpenllng money under It, and IN ali respects
recognising it, validity anu coutlnuancs, it
wu1lli be {nuuultaIlo ft say eIthcr nartr was
not bound by }ts provisions It IL rIuiin, j. how
ever, BY Defendants, hut the tla!ntI Is not now
Of tic contract; that one of tho ci,iei
purposes for which tho avrccment
WA ). originally matio was that
tho Railroad Company might layo tho uso of d
.ess aa to q o fI a
lilo Western TejcRranh Company bcyunu Tint
point. Ii is cIaitns tint tho rigflt of tbo West.
cru Telegraph Company under It's coutract with
tho i)aIl!iaUra 6 Ohio tompany has ccusttt: that
tho coritract bctwccn them was 10 sibslat onIy
rs long rs lis Western ToIrErnpIl Comnnny *
listed IL 4 Telegraph coupuuy, ard flint that
Company llus expired by tho Limitations Of tts
charter, and therefore tic contract Is at on end
and Tint tbs Western Union Telegraph Com.
paMy, Tic assignee Vt the Western Tvicgrutb
Company las no Longer auy rlchts over tIlp i;,u
Ut that road. anil cantiot trfinsI;i. tl,e messages
Of The Cincinnati i Aiarletta on,rany 0ycr that
perform ts obligations u1nlcr IT,. rYi,traut. jlas
no rlri,t TO caji On tiu defendants to nerinr,1,
their obligations, and Ia not cutitlcI to an In.