Gainesville Gas & Electric Power Co. v. City of Gainesville
Supreme Court of Florida
Appealed from the Circuit Court for Alachua County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
— This appeal is from a decree sustaining a demurrer to the hill of complaint and denying an injunction to restrain the enforcement of an ordinance passed by the city council over the mayor’s veto prescribing rates of compensation for gas and electricity furnished to the inhabitants of the city of Gainesville, Florida.
*427As there are specific allegations that the enforcement of the prescribed rates will cause a multiplicity of suits and irremediable injury to the gas company, the remedy at law is apparently not adequate and injunction is an appropriate remedy if the rates are not lawfully…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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