Elk Run Telephone Co. v. General Telephone Co. of Iowa

LeGRAND, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal from an order overruling motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ petition presents for the- first time questions involving an interpretation of chapter 490A, Code of Iowa, 1966, which was enacted by the 60th G.A. and became effective July 4, 1963. By its provisions the Iowa Commerce Commission was authorized to regulate the rates and services of public utilities “to the extent and in the manner” there set out.

Briefly the facts are these. Plaintiff, Elk Run Telephone Company, is a mutual telephone company consisting of 14 subscribers, most of whom desire…