Sly v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE CO.

MADDOX, Justice.

This appeal involves the extent of the duty owed by a telephone company to one who is not a subscriber.

The case arose from South Central’s termination of telephone service to two of its customers, both business corporations, Security Bail Bonds, Inc., and The Better Business Bureau of Etowah-Calhoun County. The two corporations shared office space, and a receptionist answered both numbers. The plaintiff-appellant, Dona Sly, gave South Central Bell his oral guarantee to enable these two businesses to obtain phone service without posting the security deposit normally required by…