Behrend v. Bell Telephone Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

This is an appeal from the Decree of the lower Court sustaining preliminary objections of the defendants, The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania (hereinafter called “Bell”) and The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation (hereinafter called “Donnelley”), and dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint in this equity action.

On January 23, 1968, Kenneth W. Behrend, an attorney at law, and Behrend and Aronson, a law partnership, filed a complaint in equity against Bell and Donnelley to compel defendants to republish or amend the 1967 white pages and yellow pages of the…