162 U.S. 329 16 S.Ct. 810 40 L.Ed. 986 GREAT WESTERN TEL. CO.v.PURDY. No. 105. April 13, 1896. This was an action brought August 30, 1888, in the district court of Des Moines county, in the state of Iowa, by the Great Western Telegraph Company, a corporation of Illinois, by its receiver, Elias R. Bowen, […]