Bell Telephone Co. v. Deakyne

Citations

• 73 Pa. Super. 158
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 193

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Telephone contracts — Affidavit of defense.</p> <p>In an action to recover the balance due for telephone service rendered, an affidavit of defense is insufficient, which amounts to nothing more than a vague and indefinite denial that the defendant owed the amount claimed, and the averment of a certain sum paid on account.</p> <p>Jurisdiction, C. P. — Public Service Commission — Public Service Company Law.</p> <p>While, under the Public Service Company Law, the Public Service Commission is given authority to supervise and regulate rates and charges of public service companies and to award reparation when an excessive rate has been charged, there is nothing in the law to take away from the courts the jurisdiction of an action brought to recover the amount due a public service company, under a schedule of rates duly fixed and established according to law.</p>