CARPENTER v. HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY

No. 1891.

163 A.2d 838 (1960)

Robert CARPENTER and wife v. HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Vermont. Washington.

September 6, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Harrington, Burlington, for plaintiffs.

Arthur L. Graves, St. Johnsbury, for defendant.

Before HULBURD, C. J., and HOLDEN, SHANGRAW, BARNEY and SMITH, JJ.


BARNEY, Justice.

The Home Telephone Company of Alburg required a $500 deposit of its subscriber Robert Carpenter, petitioner here, as a prerequisite to the continued furnishing to him of residential telephone service. The company justified the action as being in accordance with its rate and regulation schedule which had been on file with the Public Service Commission and effective since 1953; paragraph VII, D, of which provides as follows:

"In order to safeguard...

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