Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-06 | Page 8 | Sues to Prevent Phone Rate Raise

SUES TO PREVENT PHONE RATE RAISE DENVER, May 5. Suit was filed in the district ccurt here late today by the city of Denver asking an injunction to prevent the Molt tain .States Telephone & Telegraph Tele-graph company from putting into eifect the new schedule of rates announced May 1. The petition declares that the proposal to provide for a refund to subscribers in case the increased rates are decided illegal ille-gal would entail great hardship and bring alxmt numerous lawsuits to compel the company to refund excessive charges for service, and asks that temporary injunction injunc-tion be granted Immediately and an opportunity op-portunity given for argument on a permanent perma-nent injunction.