Lodi Tel. Co. v. Public Service Commission
| Decision Date | 31 March 1953 |
| Citation | 262 Wis. 416,57 N.W.2d 700 |
| Parties | LODI TELEPHONE CO. v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. |
| Court | Wisconsin Supreme Court |
Rieser, Mathys, McNamara & Stafford, Madison, for appellant.
Charles J. Ploetz, Prairie du Sac, for intervenors.
Vernon Thomson, Atty. Gen., William E. Torkelson, Chief Counsel, and Samuel Bryan, Madison, for Public Service Commission.
On Rehearing.
Appellant complains that the original opinion ignores the fact that a foreign exchange service was available to applicants under rules and rates in effect with the approval of the commission. On this point appellant's brief on rehearing states:
However, the extra charge which would be billed to the thirteen applicants under foreign exchange service amounts to from .75cents to $2.85 per month, while other neighbors in the same town already being serviced by Commonwealth from its Sauk City exchange would not be billed this extra charge, some of whom live no further away from the Sauk City exchange than do some of the applicants. The commission specifically found that foreign exchange service was not the answer to the problem of providing petitioners with adequate telephone service. The reason for such conclusion is provided by section 196.60, Stats.,which prohibits any telephone utility from charging customers more or less than it charges other customers for the same service.
The previous mandate is affirmed.
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