Villages of Milford v. Illinois Commerce Commission

Appellants, the villages of Milford, Cissna Park, Woodland, Ogden, Philo, Pesotum and Royal, appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Iroquois County which confirmed an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission, entered April 8, 1959, allowing an increase in rates of the Champaign County Telephone Company. The latter and the commerce commission are the appellees.

Champaign County Telephone Company, to which we shall refer as the company, is a public utility engaged in the telephone business through 17 exchanges located in the rural areas of Champaign, Iroquois and Vermilion Counties.…