Commonwealth Telephone Co. v. Carley

This action is brought by the plaintiff, a Wisconsin corporation engaged in furnishing telephone service in the city and town of Dodgeville, in Iowa county, pursuant to an indeterminate permit from the state, for the purpose of enjoining the defendants from operating a telephone exchange, for the reason that jhe operation of such exchange constitutes a violation of the anti-duplication provisions of sec. 196.50 of the Statutes.

It is conceded that the defendants at no time applied to the railroad commission for a certificate of public convenience and necessity. In defendants’ answer it is…