SOUTHERN CONTINENTAL TEL. CO. v. RAILROAD & P. U. COM'N


301 S.W.2d 387 (1957)

SOUTHERN CONTINENTAL TELEPHONE COMPANY, etc. v. The RAILROAD AND PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION of the State of Tennessee, et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lon P. MacFarland, Columbia, Maddux & Camerson, Cookeville, for appellants.

Harold Seligman and George W. Shuff, Nashville, for appellees.


PREWITT, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Tennessee Public Service Commission from a decree of the Chancery Court of Davidson County, holding that the rates prescribed by the Commission fixed by Exhibit B passed beyond the lowest limit of the permitted zone of reasonableness into the forbidden area of confiscation.

In order for a proper understanding of the cause it is necessary to set out briefly the history of the case.

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