FLA. POWER & LIGHT CO. v. CITY OF FT. LAUDERDALE

No. 80-1515.

403 So.2d 610 (1981)

FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Appellant, v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry G. Carratt of Morgan, Carratt & O'Connor, P.A., Dean Andrews and R.G. Lubbers, Jr., of Andrews & Lubbers, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Philip S. Shailer of Shailer & Purdy, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


LETTS, Chief Judge.

Florida Power & Light (FP&L) appeals from a final summary judgment denying it credit for ad valorem taxes paid by it and collected by the City on behalf of the "Downtown Development Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale" (DDA). We reverse.

Under the franchise agreement entered into between the City and FP&L, the latter was required to pay compensation to the City in an annual sum equal to six percent of its revenues obtained...

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