SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. TOWN OF SURFSIDE

No. 64-780.

177 So.2d 557 (1965)

SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. TOWN OF SURFSIDE, Florida, a municipal corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder, Atkins, Carson & Wahl, Miami, for appellant.

Kelly, Paige, Black & Black, Miami, for appellee.

Before TILLMAN PEARSON, HENDRY and SWANN, JJ.


TILLMAN PEARSON, Judge.

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company has appealed from a final decree in which the chancellor held that a tax levied by the appellee, Town of Surfside, Florida, a municipal corporation, is a valid exercise of the Town's police and taxing power. The chancellor has fully set forth the history of the case and the factual basis of his decision. It is as follows:

"THIS CAUSE came on before me to be heard on Plaintiff's motion for...

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