GBM Communications, Inc. v. United Inter-Mountain Telephone Co.

OPINION

SANDERS, Judge.

The pivotal question on this appeal is whether or not the published tariffs of the telephone company are controlling in the services it furnishes to its customers.

The defendant-appellant, United Inter-Mountain Telephone Company [United], is a public utility engaged in furnishing telephone service in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. It also acts as the local agent of American Telephone and Telegraph Company [AT & T] in furnishing long distance services throughout the United States and foreign countries.

The plaintiff-appellee, GBM Communications, Inc. d/b/a Access US…