LEE COUNTY v. SOUTHERN WATER CONTRACTORS, INC.

No. 73-191.

298 So.2d 518 (1974)

LEE COUNTY, Florida, Appellant, v. Southern WATER CONTRACTORS, INC., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 5, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. Pavese, of Pavese, Shields, Garner, Haverfield & Kluttz, Fort Myers, for appellant.

Howard S. Rhoads, of Allen, Knudsen, Swartz, DeBoest, Rhoads & Edwards, Fort Myers, for appellee Southern Water Contractors, Inc.

James A. Franklin, Jr. of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, Fort Myers, for appellee Barnard & Burk, Inc.


BOARDMAN, Judge.

In 1965 Lee County, Florida (Lee) entered into a written contract with Southern Water Contractors, Inc. (Southern) for the construction of a water distribution system in Lee County, Florida. Southern retained Renwick Knox d/b/a Tidelands Marine Construction Co. (Knox) as subcontractor to install the subaqueous portion of the water distribution system, part of which was under the Caloosahatchee River, from which this action arose. Lee retained the...

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