Legal Opinion
Edris v. Sebring Utilities Commission
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 8, 1970No. 69-509PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
237 So.2d 585 (1970)
Elias R. EDRIS and Mildred M. Edris, His Wife, Appellants,
v.
SEBRING UTILITIES COMMISSION, a Corporation, Appellee.
No. 69-509.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
July 8, 1970.
Rehearing Denied August 6, 1970.
H. Rex Owen, of Bussey, Simmons & Owen, St. Petersburg, for appellants.
Macbeth & Breed, Sebring, and Wallace L. Storey, Bartow, for appellee.
PIERCE, Judge.
Admittedly, a municipality in operating a utility to supply service to its inhabitants is acting in its proprietary capacity and not in its governmental capacity, and is governed by the same laws and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Faxe v. City of GrandviewWashington Supreme Court · 1956
- Dale Ex Rel. Dale v. City of MorgantonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
- Metropolitan Utilities District v. City of OmahaNebraska Supreme Court · 1961
- State v. City of MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1946
- Hicks v. City of Monroe Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Owens v. City of BeresfordSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1972
- Perez v. City of San BrunoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- People for Preservation & Development of Five Mile Prairie v. City of SpokaneCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1988
- City of Winter Park v. MontesiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
- Uhl v. Ness CityCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
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