Florida Power & Light Co. v. City of Miami

THOMAS, Justice.

The appellee filed its bill for declaratory decree and named Florida Power and Light Company defendant. During the progress of the suit the Attorney General, the State Attorney of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit and Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission intervened.

The provisions of the charter defining the general regulatory powers of the city over utilities were outlined and this was followed by a recital of an ordinance, enacted by the city commission and approved by the electors in 1925, granting to Miami Electric Light and Power Company and its successors a…