American Communication Co. v. Buntemeyer

American Communication Company and officers of Deshler Telephone Company agreed that American would purchase 24 shares: of Deshler stock from the officers. The agreement being subject to aproval by the Nebraska State Railway Commission, the parties applied to the commission for approval or in the alternative for disclaimer of jurisdiction. The application met resistance from Hamilton Telephone Company which had been negotiating for Deshler assets. The commission found that Deshler was not a common carrier, ordering dismissal for lack of jurisdiction. Hamilton on appeal contends that the…