Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. State Corporation Commission

CARMODY, Justice.

The petitioner, Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, on August 4, 1958, filed with the State Corporation Commission new tariffs for the adjustment of telephone rates, with respect to eight communities consisting of four local calling areas, which were to be effective September 4, 1958. On August 21, 1958, the Corporation Commission entered an order directing what amounted to a general investigation as to rates throughout the State of New Mexico, and in addition set for hearing on September 2, 1958, the matter of the suspension of the proposed tariffs. On this…