The following excerpt is from Sunset Tel. & Tel. Co. v. City of Pomona, 164 F. 561 (9th Cir. 1908):
In St. Louis v. Western U. Tel. Co., 148 U.S. 92, 100, 13 Sup.Ct. 485, 488, 37 L.Ed. 380, the court, in unequivocal terms, applies the same rule to public highways, as follows (underscoring mine):
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