State ex rel. Helm v. Trego County Cooperative Telephone Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus to compel the defendants to restore a telephone service heretofore furnished to the public by them and which they have discontinued without the consent of the public utilities commission.

It appears that for some years past one of these defendants, The WaKeeney Telephone Company, was conducting a public telephone business in and about WaKeeney. It built or acquired a line running *702twelve or fifteen miles south of WaKeeney. The Farmers Mutual Telephone Company of Ransom was originally a mutual…