STATE v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

No. 9677.

309 P.2d 1035 (1957)

STATE of Montana, ex rel. Arnold H. OLSEN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION of the State of Montana, et al., Defendants and Respondents, and The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided April 16, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold H. Olsen, Atty. Gen., pro se, amicus curiae.

Charles W. Leapheart, Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Lyman J. Hall, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles W. Leaphart, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., argued orally, for appellant.

Loble & Loble and Mr. Gene Picotte, Helena, J. H. Shepherd, Denver, Colo., Henry Loble, Helena, and J. H. Shepherd, argued orally, for Mt. States Tel. & Tel.

James B. Patten, Helena, John V. Potter, Jr., Sec'y. Counsel, Bd. of Ry. Comm., James B. Patten Sec'y. Counsel Bd. of Ry. Comm, argued orally, for respondent.


CASTLES, Justice.

This case involves an appeal in accordance with the provisions of R.C.M. 1947, section 70-128. It is from an order of the defendant, Public Service Commission of Montana (hereinafter called Commission), granting to the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company (hereinafter called Company), an increase in the rates and charges to the company's intrastate telephone users in the State of Montana. This appeal is brought by the attorney general...

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