City of Lexington v. Public Service Commission of Ky.

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The City of Lexington and the City of Midway are appealing from a judgment of the Franklin Circuit Court that sustained an order of the Public Service Commission approving a schedule of increased rates for the Kentucky Telephone Company, which company provides telephone service in the two cities and surrounding territory.

In October 1947 the telephone company (then known as the Lexington Telephone Company) proposed the schedule of new rates here in question. Pending a determination as to reasonableness, the schedule was put into effect, as of November 21, 1947, upon the…