STATE, EX REL. CITY OF VERO BEACH,
v.
A. C. MACCONNELL, AS CITY CLERK OF CITY OF VERO BEACH

Fla. | 1936-08-03
No. Case No. 2 — Electric Power System
Whitfield, C. J., and Terrell, Brown, Buford and Davis, J. J., concur.
125 Fla. 251 Florida Supreme Court (1936) Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 169 So. 657
Cited by 4 cases

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Synopsis

This case, a companion to another involving a water system, concerns the issuance of revenue certificates against the net revenues of an electric power system. The court's decision relies on prior rulings regarding similar revenue certificates.


Holding

Yes, the City of Vero Beach can issue revenue certificates against the net revenues of its electric power system.


Key Quotes

“On authority of the opinion and judgment in the above mentioned case and cases therein cited, the motion to quash should be denied and the peremptory writ of mandamus should issue and it is so ordered.”

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Facts & Procedural History

The City of Vero Beach sought to issue revenue certificates against the net revenues of its electric power system. This case is a companion to another…

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Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam.-

Per Curiam.-

-This: .is a companion' case • to that other case entitled State of Florida ex relatione City of Vero Beach, a Municipal Corporation, etc., Relator, v. A. C. MacConnell, as City Clerk of-City, of Vero Beach, a Municipal Corporation, etc., Respondent, the only difference being that the revenue' certificates in.this case are sought to be issued against the net = revenues of an electric power *252system while in the other case they are sought to be issued against the net revenues of a water supply system. See Williams v. Town of Dunnellon filed this term.

On authority of the opinion and judgment in the above mentioned case and cases therein cited, the motion to quash should be denied and the peremptory writ of mandamus should issue and it is so ordered.

Whitfield, C. J., and Terrell, Brown, Buford and Davis, J. J., concur.

Ellis, P. J.,

concurring upon the principle announced in his specially concurring opinion in the companion case this day filed.

Concurrence
Ellis, P. J.,

Ellis, P. J.,

concurring upon the principle announced in his specially concurring opinion in the companion case this day filed.


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  • Brooks v. City of Jacksonville, 127 Fla. 564 (Fla. 1937)
    …Rep. 492; Williams v. Town of Dunnellon, 125 Fla. 114, 169 Sou. Rep. 631; Taachy v. City of Wauchula, 125 Fla. 150, 169 Sou. Rep. 640; Voorhees v. City of Moore Haven, 125 Fla. 149, 169 Sou. Rep 641; State, ex rel. City of Vero Beach v. MacConnell, 125 Fla. 251, 169 Sou. Rep. 657; Roach v. City of Tampa, 125 Fla. 62, 169 Sou. Rep. 627; State, ex rel. City of Sarasota, v. Richards, 125 Fla. 145, 169 Spu. Rep. 643; Taylor v. City of Miami, 125 Fla. 144, 169 Sou. Rep. 644; Boynton v. City of Safety Harbor, 12…
  • State v. City of DeLand, 135 Fla. 540 (Fla. 1938)
    …124 Fla. 659, 169 So. 356; Hygema v. City of Sebring, 124, Fla. 683, 169 So. 366; Boykin v. Town of River Junction, 124 Fla. 827, 169 So. 492; Williams v. Town of Dunnellon, 125 Fla. 114, 169 So. 631; State, ex rel. City of Vero Beach, v. McConnell, 125 Fla. 251, 169 So. 628; Roach v. City of Tampa, 125 Fla. 62, 169 So. 627; State, ex rel. City of Arcadia, v. Daniel, 125 Fla. 151, 169 So. 645; Blocker v. City of St. Petersburg, 125 Fla. 156, 169 So. 647; City of Clearwater v. Green, 125 Fla. 157, 169 So. 64…

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