TELEPHONE CO. v. P. U. C.

No. 37087.

173 Ohio St. 280 (1962)

GENERAL TELEPHONE CO. OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Power, Griffith & Jones, for appellant.

Mr. Mark McElroy, attorney general, Mr. DeForest Mellon, Mr. Herbert T. Maher and Mr. Andrew R. Sarisky, for appellee.


WEYGANDT, C.J.

The basis of this controversy is the fact that the authorized toll rates of the Ohio Bell Telephone Company are higher than those of the appellant General Telephone Company, and the latter company has undertaken to charge its customers the higher rates without first obtaining the commission's approval therefor.

The appellant company contends that it has not abandoned its own toll facilities or service but has merely improved its...

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