Mid-Missouri Telephone Co. v. Alma Telephone Co.

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Presiding Judge.

This appeal involves the question whether Plaintiffs-Respondents — Mid-Missouri Telephone Company (“Mid-Mo Telephone”), its wholly-owned subsidiary Mid-Missouri Cellular, Inc. (“Mid-Mo Cellular”), and the Jones Family, as the sole shareholders in Mid-Mo Telephone — were obligated by certain agreements they allegedly signed to offer Defendants-Appellants, who are three independent telephone companies and their three wholly-owned cellular telephone subsidiaries, a “right of first refusal” to buy the 25% partnership interest held by Mid-Mo Cellular in a…