Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Hutton

The majority opinion in this case has ignored the issue of discrimination pleaded and proved to the satisfaction of the jury by the appellee and has bottomed its opinion on the sole issue as to whether or not written notice was given to appellant by appellee of the character and kind of telephone he desired. The application signed by him and accepted by the company designated the kind and character of telephone that he wanted and constituted within itself a written demand for service provided for in § 14261 of Pope’s Digest. Had a separate written dengand been made it could not have informed…