Flint v. Duval County, (1936)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
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Visitors: 22
Judges: WRITFIELD, C.J.
Attorneys: W.Gregory Smith and R.R. Axtell, for Appellant;
P.H. Odom and Julian E. Fant, for Appellees.
Filed: Oct. 30, 1936
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 20 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 21 In a bill of complaint brought by Hollis Flint, a resident taxpayer of Duval County, it is alleged: "II. That the Legislature of the State of Florida, at its regular session in 1935 enacted Chapter 17246 of the Laws
Summary: [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 20 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 21 In a bill of complaint brought by Hollis Flint, a resident taxpayer of Duval County, it is alleged: "II. That the Legislature of the State of Florida, at its regular session in 1935 enacted Chapter 17246 of the Laws o..
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While I do not think the decision in this case can be reconciled with some of our previous opinions and decisions, involving the pledge of the net revenues of self-liquidating projects, where the certificates or debentures expressly negative the right to use the taxing power to pay the same wherein it was held that they were invalid without an election (in most of which the writer dissented), I consider the present decision a sound and correct one and supported by the holdings in the majority of our previous cases dealing with the general subject.
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