STATE EX REL. UTIL. COM'N v. SOUTHERN BELL T. & T. CO.

No. 7410UC115.

204 S.E.2d 27 (1974)

21 N.C. App. 182

STATE of North Carolina ex rel. UTILITIES COMMISSION and E. A. Friddle et al. v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY and Central Telephone Company.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Certiorari Denied June 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Hipp and Robert F. Page, Commission Attys., Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee, North Carolina Utilities Commission.

Bailey, Dixon, Wooten, McDonald & Fountain by J. Ruffin Bailey, Raleigh, for plaintiffs-appellees, E. A. Friddle, and others.

Joyner & Howison by R. C. Howison, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant-appellant Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co.

Boyce, Mitchell, Burns & Smith by F. Kent Burns, Raleigh, and Ross Hardies, O'Keefe, Babcock & Parsons by Donald W. Glaves, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant Central Telephone Co.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court June 4, 1974.

HEDRICK, Judge.

The single issue presented by this appeal is whether the Utilities Commission was correct in ordering Southern Bell to provide telephone service to individuals who reside in an area which is presently served by Central Telephone Company. The order in the instant case requiring Southern Bell to render telephone service to the complainants was founded upon G.S. § 62-42 which reads as follows...

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