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PEOPLES TEL. CO. v. TENNESSEE PUB. SERV. COM.

393 S.W.2d 285 (1965)

PEOPLES TELEPHONE CO., Inc., Appellants, v. TENNESSEE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION and Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

August 23, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farris, Evans & Evans, Nashville, Clarence Evans, Nashville, of counsel, for Peoples Telephone Co.

George Shuff, Gen. Counsel, Nashville, for Tennessee Public Service Commission.

Bass, Berry & Sims, Nashville, J.O. Bass and T.G. Pappas, Nashville, of counsel, for Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co.

DYER, Justice.

This case involves a controversy between two telephone companies over which is to serve a small, apparently isolated, area lying in the northwest part of Humphreys County adjoining Houston County. In this opinion appellant, Peoples Telephone Company, will be referred to as "Peoples"; the appellees, Southern Bell Telephone Company, as "Bell" and the Tennessee Public Service Commission as "Commission."

Prior to 1963, with minor exceptions, Peoples...

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