State ex rel. South Missouri Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission

FINCH, Judge.

These appeals all involve the propriety of an order of the Public Service Commission which directed Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (Bell) to provide telephone service to an area in Montgomery County, Missouri. In separate cases, the Commission denied requests by Eastern Missouri Telephone Company (Eastern) and by South Missouri Telephone Company (South Missouri) to provide telephone service for this same area for the reason that Bell was being directed to provide service. On certiorari to the Circuit Court of Cole County, these cases were consolidated for briefing and…