United Tel. Co. of Kansas v. City of Hill City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Davis, J.:

This case involves a dispute between United Telephone Company of Kansas (United), a Kansas public utility telephone company, and two Kansas cities of the third class, Hill Ciiy and Bogue. United seeks to improve its residential services within such cities but the cities, dissatisfied with those services, have refused permission for United to enter and place its improvements within their respective cities. Instead, the cities have attempted to contract with another telephone company to produce such services.

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