CITY OF DeWITT v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

No. 5-5154.

451 S.W.2d 188 (1970)

CITY OF DeWITT, Appellant, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Botts & Jenkins, DeWitt, for appellant.

Hubert M. Preston, San Angelo, Tex., and Tom S. Lovett, Little Rock, for appellee General Telephone Co.

Ben C. McMinn, Little Rock, for appellee Public Service Commission.


BYRD, Justice.

Appellant, the City of DeWitt, on December 2, 1965, passed an ordinance requiring all utility companies doing business within the city to maintain a business office in the city. On December 18, appellee General Telephone Company of the Southwest filed its complaint with the Public Service Commission pursuant to Ark. Stat.Ann. § 73-208(d) (Repl.1957), alleging that the ordinance was unreasonable, unjust and unlawful and, in the alternative, that...

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