Peoples Gas System, Inc. v. Lynch

This interlocutory appeal is from a partial summary judgment which held that as a matter of law the appellant-defendant, Peoples Gas System, Inc., had no authority to collect from the plaintiffs a franchise fee levied by the City of North Miami, Florida. The appellees are customers of the appellant and reside in North Miami. The appellees brought suit in the circuit court individually and on behalf of other persons similarly situated, seeking to have the court declare illegal appellant’s collection of a five percent franchise fee or tax imposed upon appellant by the City of North Miami from…