SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & T. CO. v. TOWN OF SURFSIDE

No. 34783.

186 So.2d 777 (1966)

SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, a Corporation, Petitioner, v. TOWN OF SURFSIDE, Florida, a Municipal Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 18, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder, Atkins, Carson & Wahl, Miami, Nathan H. Wilson, Jacksonville, and John A. Boykin, Jr., and Dan M. Byrd, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner.

Kelly, Paige, Black & Black and Frank J. Kelly, Miami, for respondent.


O'CONNELL, Justice.

The District Court of Appeal, Third District, has certified that its decision reported at 177 So.2d 557 passes on a question of great public interest. We agree that this case is important for the precedent it will provide concerning the applicability of general law to municipal corporations and that its outcome is certainly a matter of great public interest.

This cause had its genesis in a 1963 ordinance...

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