Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-21-105 (2024)
Use of poles of other companies
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No telegraph or telephone company, or other such company, shall be permitted to attach its lines to, or otherwise use, the poles of any other telegraph or telephone company without the consent of such company being first had and obtained.
Acts 1885, ch. 135, § 1; Shan., § 1869; Code 1932, § 3135; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-2110.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2004–2007 · leading case: Bellsouth Telecomm., Inc. v. City of Memphis, Tennessee, 160 S.W.3d 901 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004).
Bellsouth Telecomm., Inc. v. City of Memphis, Tennessee, 160 S.W.3d 901 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004). “In 1885, the Legislature enacted Chapter 66, Acts of 1885 (now codified at T.C.A. § 65-21-105, 106, [and] 201).... 1 *903 8.”
Bellsouth Telecomm., Inc. v. City of Memphis, Tennessee, No. CH-01-1351-3 (Tenn. Ct. App. July 12, 2004). “In 1885, the Legislature enacted Chapter 66, Acts of 1885 (now codified at T.C.A. § 65-21-105, 106, [and] 201)....1 1 1885 Tennessee Public Acts 66, § 1 stated: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That any person or corporation organized by virtue of…”
Metro. Gov't v. Bellsouth Telecomm., Inc., 502 F. Supp. 2d 747 (M.D. Tenn. 2007). “Pursuant to that scheme, the General Assembly enacted Chapter 66 of the Acts of 1885 (now codified at Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 65-21-105 through 65-21-107 and 65-21-201), which conferred upon telephone companies a statewide right to construct, operate and maintain .”
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