State ex rel. Peninsular Telephone Co. v. Gay

THORNAL, Justice.

Appellant, Peninsular Telephone’ Company/was relator below and appeals from a final judgment dismissing an alternative writ of mandamus in a proceeding by which appellant sought refund of certain documentary stamp taxes theretofore collected by appellee, Gay, as then Comptroller, under Section 201.07, Florida Statutes, F.S.A.

The question presented by appeal is whether on the record in this case the appellant-relator was liable for the payment of the documentary stamp taxes.

Peninsular Telephone Company is a Florida corporation engaged in the business of supplying telephone and…