Wattsburg Telephone Cooperative Ass'n v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

Wattsburg Telephone Cooperative Association filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission charging that General Telephone Company of Pennsylvania had unlawfully encroached upon its exclusive service area when it extended local exchange service outside an agreed-upon operating territory in Wayne and Amity Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Complainant prayed that the respondent be restrained from constructing telephone lines and furnishing telephone service within the area served by complainant and that respondent be required to remove its lines and…