Consolidated Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 274, Oct. T., 1918, by Consolidated Telephone Company, from order of the Public Service Commission, Complaint Docket No. 1960, dismissing complaint in the case of Consolidated Telephone Company v. The Public Service Commission, on appeal, and Palmerton Telephone Company. Application of Consolidated Telephone Company for an order establishing connections and through service over lines of Palmerton Telephone Company.
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Appeal, No. 274, Oct. T., 1918, by Consolidated Telephone Company, from order of the Public Service Commission, Complaint Docket No. 1960, dismissing complaint in the case of Consolidated Telephone Company v. The Public Service Commission, on appeal, and Palmerton Telephone Company. Application of Consolidated Telephone Company for an order establishing connections and through service over lines of Palmerton Telephone Company. The Public Service Commission dismissed the application. Error assigned was the order of the commission.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The appellant company filed its complaint with the Public Service Commission alleging that the lines of that company and the lines of the Palmerton Telephone Company form a continuous line of communication between different localities which are not reached by the lines or facilities of either line alone and praying that the commission order a connection or connections to be made between the lines of the respective companies, and that through conversations be transmitted over the lines of the complainant and respondent. The Palmerton Telephone Company filed an answer…
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