State Ex Rel. City of Kansas City v. Public Service Commission

COIL, C.

Appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Cole County ordering intervenor-appellant, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, to make restitution to telephone subscribers in the total sum of approximately $370,000, which sum the court found had been unlawfully (in excess of applicable rates) collected from the subscribers during the period February 1, 1949 to and including March 9, 1949.

A review of the history of the proceedings giving rise to this appeal is necessary for an understanding of the issue here involved. All dates, unless otherwise indicated, are in 1949.

On January 18 the…