Hillsborough County v. Highway Engineering & Construction Co., Inc.

Decision Date22 November 1940
Citation145 Fla. 101,199 So. 506
PartiesHILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Plaintiff in Error v. HIGHWAY ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., Inc., a Corporation (Henderson Blvd.), Defendant in Error.
CourtFlorida Supreme Court

Rehearing Denied Jan. 15, 1941.

En Banc.

Error to Circuit Court, Hillsborough County; L. L. Parks, Judge.

COUNSEL

John W. Cone, Henry C. Tillman, and W. F. Himes, all of Tampa, for plaintiff in error.

Knight & Thompson and John Bell, all of Tampa, and Bedell & Bedell and George C. Bedell, all of Jacksonville, for defendant in error.

F. P. Fleming and J. S. Diver, both of Jacksonville, amici curiae.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The record and briefs in this cause have been examined, and the judgment is reversed on authority of Hillsborough County v. Highway Engineering & Construction Company, Inc. (Woodmont Avenue), Fla., 199 So. 499, filed this day.

It is so ordered.

TERRELL, C.J., and BUFORD, CHAPMAN, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

BROWN, J., dissents.

WHITFIELD, J., disqualified.

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  • Hillsborough County v. Highway Engineering & Const. Co., Inc.
    • United States
    • Florida Supreme Court
    • November 22, 1940
    ...curiae. OPINION THOMAS, Justice. Two companion cases are here for our consideration, this one involving Woodmont Avenue, and the other, 199 So. 506, Henderson Boulevard, both situate in Hillsborough On October, 1937, the chancellor entered his order transferring this cause from the chancery......

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