People's Telephone Exchange v. Public Service Commission

This is an appeal by the Public Service Commission and the Hanamo Telephone Company, a corporation, of Maryville, Missouri,- from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Daviess County, reversing an order of the commission refusing to grant a certificate. of convenience and necessity to the respondent the People Telephone Exchange, a corporation, for the operation of its telephone system in Maryville and vicinity.

The case was instituted by the Peoples Telephone Exchange first filing an application asking the Public Service Commission to assume jurisdiction of applicant because it ‘ ‘. . . proposes…