SOUTHERN BELL T. & T. CO. v. TENNESSEE PUB. SERV. COM'N


304 S.W.2d 640 (1957)

SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE and TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. The TENNESSEE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 29, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Seligman, Nashville, and George Shuff, Ripley, for appellant Commission.

Russell Rice, Jackson, E. K. Meacham, Chattanooga, Jesse M. Vineyard, Memphis, Raymond H. Leathers, Nashville, John J. Duncan, Knoxville, E. W. Hale, Jr., Co. Atty., Memphis, for intervening Cities.

Geo. T. Lewis, Jr., Memphis, J. O. Bass, Nashville, Waring, Walker, Cox & Lewis, Memphis, Bass, Berry & Sims, Nashville, of counsel, for appellees.


BURNETT, Justice.

On November 10, 1954, the Telephone Company filed with the Commission a schedule of increased rates and charges to become effective on December 10, 1954. These proposed rates and charges were based on the Telephone Company's operations, costs, conditions, etc., for the year preceding June 30, 1954. It proposed by these rates to get an additional gross revenue of $9,800,000 annually or additional net revenues of $4,435,000 annually. Obviously, and...

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