Scattergood

The petitioner is chief electrical engineer of the bureau of power and light of the city of Los Angeles. He and certain other officers of the city, and the city itself, were defendants in an action commenced by the Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corporation for the purpose of procuring an injunction. The action was tried and a judgment- was entered granting the injunction. Its terms may be stated, both briefly and comprehensively, as follows:

I. The defendants were enjoined from trespassing upon, interfering with, moving, or displacing poles or wires owned and controlled by the plaintiff.

2. The defendants were enjoined from erecting or placing any pole, cross-arm, or other electrical appliance or equipment or attaching any wire or cable to or upon any pole, cross-arm, wire, or other electrical appliance or equipment in a fixed position within the distance from any pole, cross-arm, wire, or other electrical appliance or equipment owned or controlled by the plaintiff, as prescribed by law and by the rules and regulations of the railroad commission.

3. The defendants were enjoined from conveying, running, or transmitting electric power or energy through the lines and wires of the…