SOUTHERN BELL T. & T. CO. v. MOBILE AMERICA CORP., INC.

No. 44384.

291 So.2d 199 (1974)

SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Petitioner, v. MOBILE AMERICA CORPORATION, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold B. Wahl, of Loftin & Wahl, Nathan H. Wilson, Jacksonville, John A. Boykin, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Walter H. Alford, Jacksonville, and William D. Goddard, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner.

Hugh M. Davenport, of Greene, Greene, Smith & Davenport, Jacksonville, for respondent.

Edwin L. Mason, of Mason & Erwin, Tallahassee, D. Fred McMullen and Lee L. Willis, of Ausley, Ausley, McMullen, McGehee & Carothers, Tallahassee, and Hugh C. Macfarlane, of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for amicus curiae.

J. Thomas Gurney, Jr., of Gurney, Gurney & Handley, Orlando, for amicus curiae-Florida Telephone Corp.

M.W. Wells, of Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, Orlando, for amicus curiae-The Winter Park Telephone Co., Orange City Telephone Co., Inc. and Quincy Telephone Co.


DEKLE, Justice.

This cause is before us by virtue of the action of the First District Court of Appeal, at 282 So.2d 181, certifying the case as one involving a matter of great public interest; we have jurisdiction pursuant to Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const., F.S.A.

Respondent, plaintiff in the trial court, is a corporation in the business of providing financing for mobile home sales, and brought action against petitioner...

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