Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Landis v. Rosenthal
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided April 8, 1933PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
The Attorney General of the State brought quo warranto proceedings' to test the validity of the franchise claimed herein by the respondent.
A franchise is a special privilege conferred upon one or more individuals or a corporation by governmental authority to do something that cannot be done of common right. Leonard et al. v. Baylan Street Wharf Co., 59 Fla., 547, 52 So. 718, 31 L. R. A. (N. S.) 636; 26 C. J. 1008.
The right to establish and maintain a toll bridge is a franchise. A grant from a sovereign power is essential to the creation of a franchise. Subject to organic limitations, the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Moses v. AutuonoSupreme Court of Florida · 1908
- Leonard v. Baylen Street Wharf Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1910
3Cited by7 opinions
- Hayes v. BowmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
- Miami Beach Airline Service, Inc. v. CrandonSupreme Court of Florida · 1947
- White v. HughesSupreme Court of Florida · 1939
- Colen v. Sunhaven Homes, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1957
- Panama City v. Seven Seas Restaurant, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965
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