Legal Opinion
Board of Public Instruction v. First Florida Utilities, Inc.
Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Palm Beach County
Decided September 29, 1967No. 2; No. 66-C-2281Published
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES R. KNOTT, Circuit Judge.
Final judgment: This controversy had its inception when the Palm Beach County Board of Public Instruction declined to pay to First Florida Utilities, Inc. the sum of $6,427.50 as a prerequisite to the furnishing of water and sewer service to the newly completed Wynnebrook Elementary School located within the utility company’s franchise area.
The board took its problem to the Florida Public Service Commission which ordered the company to make the necessary connections, or permit the same to be made, so that water and sewer service could be provided to the…