The county commissioners shall sue and be sued in the name of the county of which they are commissioners. A change in the persons composing the board of county commissioners shall not abate the suit, but it shall proceed as if such change had not taken place.
Fla. Stat. § 125.15
To sue and be sued in the name of county
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Pompey v. Broward County (1996)
Most recently applied in Pestana v. Miami-Dade Cnty. Bd. of Comm'rs (October 2017)
History.--ss. 1, 3, ch. 3242, 1881; RS 580; GS 773; RGS 1493; CGL 2202.
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