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CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TEL. CO. OF VA. v. BLES

Record No. 761642.

243 S.E.2d 473 (1978)

The CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA v. Marcus J. BLES.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrison Bush (Randolph A. Sutliff, Fairfax, Warner F. Brundage, Jr., Washington, D. C., McCandlish, Lillard, Bauknight, Church & Best, Fairfax, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Royce A. Spence, Falls Church (Lytton H. Gibson, Spence & Ragland, Falls Church, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and COMPTON, JJ.

COCHRAN, Justice.

The question presented in this appeal is whether a public utility, which incorrectly quotes the cost of service and underbills a customer, is thereby estopped from collecting the undercharges.

The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia (C & P) filed a motion for judgment in the trial court against Marcus J. Bles to recover undercharges for telephone service provided Bles from August 19, 1969, to October 1, 1975. Bles filed...

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