Allied Telephone Co. v. Ark. Public Service Comm.

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

The important question in this case is whether the appellant should be allowed to use a machine called “Telfast” for completing long distance calls to points in Arkansas served by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. A minor question relates to an injunction.

The appellant, Allied Telephone Company (hereinafter called “Allied”), is an Arkansas corporation owning and operating telephone exchanges in the cities of Sheridan and Fordyce, as well as in several other cities in Arkansas. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (hereinafter called “Southwestern”) is a…