U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana February 15, 1877 (Western Union Tel. Co. v. Atlantic & P. Tel. Co.)

DRUMMOND, Circuit Judge.

The Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Company executed mortgages upon its line of road in this state, and afterwards a contract was made by the railroad company with the plaintiff, the Western Union Telegraph Company, by which a telegraph line was to be established on the line of railroad, on the terms agreed upon between the parties.