Shillitani v. Valentine

Contested mandamus proceeding under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act for a final order to compel the restoration of telephone service to the petitioner at his apartment residence which is occupied by his family and himself. The petitioner is a restaurateur and is also a real estate operator; he was previously engaged for some twenty years in the laundry business; so far as the record discloses he is a respectable individual.

The telephone has been used in the customary manner in which it is used in the home except that the petitioner, an ardent bettor on horse races, used it frequently for…