Roper v. Florida Public Utilities Co.

Neal Lumber and Manufacturing Company owns and operates a large sawmill, including planer mills, dry kilns, warehouses, lumber yards, commissary, office buildings, and quarters for employees, situated on the west bank' of the Apalachicola River about two miles from Blountstown.

Florida Public Utilities Company is a generator and distributor of electric current and owns a transmission line for this purpose extending from Blountstown along the river to Bristol. In December, 1933, Neal Lumber and Manufacturing Company and Florida Public Utilities Company constructed a transmission line from said…