Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Commonwealth

Prentis, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, duly organized under the laws of this State, hereinafter called the Virginia company, owns and operates telephone lines and exchanges with the necessary equipment in Virginia, and is engaged in supplying telephone service, both exchange and toll, within, and through its connections without, the State. On June 30, 1925, it filed with the State Corporation Commission schedules of increased rates, tolls and charges, to become effective August 1, 1925, alleging that the existing rates were…