STATE, ETC. v. SOUTHERN BELL TEL. & TEL. CO.

No. 7410UC775.

210 S.E.2d 543 (1975)

24 N.C. App. 327

STATE of North Carolina ex rel. UTILITIES COMMISSION et al., Appellees, v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. James H. Carson, Jr. by Deputy Atty. Gen. I. Beverly Lake, Jr., and Associate Atty. Robert P. Gruber, Raleigh, for plaintiff appellee.

N. C. Utilities Commission by Commission Atty. Edward B. Hipp, Asst. Commission Atty. Maurice W. Horne, and Associate Commission Atty. Lee W. Movius, Raleigh, for plaintiff appellee.

Joyner & Howison by R. C. Howison, Jr., Raleigh, John F. Beasley, R. Frost Branon, Jr., Drury B. Thompson, Atlanta, Ga., and Harvey L. Cosper, Charlotte, for defendant appellant.


BRITT, Judge.

This being a general rate case, it is controlled for the most part by G.S. § 62-133 which provides how rates are fixed, and by G.S. § 62-79 which provides what the final order of the Commission shall contain. Due to the large number of general rate cases that have found their way to our appellate division in recent years, much has been written on the subject of rate making and the respective functions of the Commission and the courts in that...

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