Legal Opinion

Florida Power & Light Co. v. Brinson

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 18, 1953PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

67 So.2d 407 (1953)

FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.

v.

BRINSON.

Supreme Court of Florida, Division B.

September 18, 1953.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1953.

Blackwell, Walker & Gray and S.J. Powers, Jr., Miami, for appellant.

Nichols, Gaither, Green, Frates & Beckham, William Clinton Green and J.B. Spence, Miami, for appellee.

DREW, Justice.

Florida Power & Light Company, appellant (we shall refer to it hereafter as the defendant), owns and operates a high tension electric transmission line along U.S. Highway No. 1 between Fort Pierce and Stuart, Florida. Such line is a part of its operations of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad v. ClemIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Brannen v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
  3. Escambia County Electric Light & Power Co. v. SutherlandSupreme Court of Florida · 1911
  4. Breeding's Dania Drug Co. v. RunyonSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
  5. Vanlandingham v. Florida Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1944

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Florida Power and Light Co. v. PriceSupreme Court of Florida · 1964
  2. Florida Power & Light Co. v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
  3. Lithgow v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Florida · 1954
  4. Orr v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  5. Ahearn v. Florida Power and Light CompanyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1961

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