Mountain View Rural Telephone Co. v. Interstate Telephone Co.

Prior to 1926, appellant’s predecessor in interest had entered into contracts with various rural, privately owned, co-operative, telephone lines of which respondent was and is one, there being some twenty others, for exchange service rendered by appellant at the rate of 50 cents per phone per month for some lines, others at 75 cents, and others having no contracts at all at various similar amounts.

In 1926, appellant’s predecessor in interest gave notice of cancelation of this rate and inauguration of the rate of 75 cents, which since that time has been paid by the users of respondents’ lines.…