State ex rel. MacMahon v. Independent Telephone Co.

Citations

• 59 Wash. 156
• 109 P. 366
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1153

Syllabus

<p>Telephone Companies — Bates—Maximum—Charges oe Delinquency. The rule of a telephone company that its rentals shall he payable monthly in advance, and 50 cents added as a collection fee if not paid on the tenth of the month, is a reasonable rule which such a company may enforce as a public service corporation; and the fifty-cent fee is not in addition to the maximum charge allowed by its franchise, but is a reasonable regulation and charge for default and delinquency (Fullerton, J., dissenting).</p>