Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Tampa Electric Co.

Pursuant to the prayer of a petition for certiorari because of an alleged conflict between the instant decision of the District Court of Appeal, Second District, and the decision of this Court in St. Joseph Telephone and Telegraph Co. v. Southeastern Telephone Co., 149 Fla. 14, 5 So.2d 55, we issued the writ. Inasmuch as a jurisdictional conflict of decisions appeared questionable, we set the matter for hearing upon both' jurisdiction and merits. Having heard *137•oral arguments and upon further careful study of the record and briefs, we are now convinced that the District Court followed the…