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BURKE v. ILLINOIS BELL TEL. CO.

Gen. No. 45,796.

348 Ill. App. 529 (1952)

109 N.E.2d 358

James Burke et al., Appellants, v. Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied December 31, 1952.

Released for publication December 31, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT E. DOWLING, of Chicago, for appellants.

KENNETH F. BURGESS, DOUGLAS F. SMITH, and RICHARD L. SELLE, all of Chicago, for appellees; SIDLEY, AUSTIN, BURGESS & SMITH, of Chicago, of counsel.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE LEWE delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs, telephone subscribers of defendant, filed a representative suit alleging in substance that defendant, a public utility, is subject to the provisions of the Illinois Commerce Commission Act; that on January 3, 1923, the Commerce Commission, in accordance with the powers vested in it, issued its General Order 107, which provides in Rule X that telephone...

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