State ex rel. Railroad Commissioners v. Southern Telephone & Construction Co.

J.—Under Chapter 6186, Acts of 1911, the Rai’road Commissioners have authority and the duty to regulate the rates and charges and service within this-State of all persons, firms or corporations engaged in or carrying on a telephone business. It appears that Arthur Chaires complained to the Railroad Commissioners that the respondent had wrongfully discontinued his telephone service because of his refusal to pay a bill of three dollars for removal charges which Chaires deemed to be unjust and discriminatory An order was made after a hearing, requiring the company to install a telephone in…