DADE COUNTY v. GENERAL WATERWORKS CORPORATION

No. 41511.

267 So.2d 633 (1972)

DADE COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Appellant, v. GENERAL WATERWORKS CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania Corporation, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart L. Simon and John R. Farrell, Special Counsel, Miami, for appellant.

Darrey A. Davis, of McCarthy, Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, for appellees.

Robert M. Ervin, and F. Perry Odom, of Ervin, Pennington, Varn & Jacobs, Tallahassee, for Florida Waterworks Assn., Inc., as amicus curiae.

John U. Lloyd, Fort Lauderdale, for Broward County, as amicus curiae.

William C. McLean, Jr., Tampa, for Hillsborough County, as amicus curiae.


McCAIN, Justice.

This direct appeal comes to us from a final judgment of the Circuit Court of Dade County dismissing the plaintiff-County's fourth amended complaint in condemnation. We have jurisdiction over the appeal as one construing a controlling provision of the Florida Constitution. Fla. Const., Article V, section 4(2), F.S.A.

On January 7, 1969, the Dade County Board of County Commissioners announced a policy of County acquisition and operation of all...

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