Wheat State Telephone Co. v. State Corporation Comm.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, C. J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing an application for review of orders of the State Corporation Commission.

The facts are not in dispute and will be highly summarized.

The DeSoto Mutual Telephone Company filed an application with the State Corporation Commission for permission to cease its telephone operations. Subsequently the Wheat State Telephone Company and the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company each filed an application with the Commission to take over the telephone service sought to be abandoned.

The…