Paterson Publishing Co. v. New Jersey Bell Telephone Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jacobs, J.

This is an appeal from an order of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners which declined to direct the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company to reinstate the telephone services formerly rendered to the Paterson Publishing Company. We certified under R. R. 1:10-1.

In July 1954 three telephone lines were installed at 20 Church Street, Paterson, for Secretarial Office Services which was represented as a public secretarial business. In August 1954 the Telephone Company installed a monitor switchboard with five trunks and operator’s head set, eight…