Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

On December 29, 1964, tbe Public Utilities Commission ordered Tbe Ohio Bell Telephone Company and Tbe Western Reserve Telephone Company to inaugurate, within one year therefrom, toll-free extended-area telephone service between the Northfield exchange of Western Reserve and the 17 Cleveland metropolitan area exchanges of Ohio Bell in place of the existing message toll service.

The proceeding before the commission was instituted under Section 4905.26, Revised Code, upon complaint' of 103 telephone subscribers of Western Reserve’s Northfield exchange. In substance, they allege that message toll…