City of Coral Gables v. State, (1937)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
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Visitors: 20
Judges: CHAPMAN, J.
Attorneys: Morton B. Adams, for Plaintiff in Error;
Paul C. Taylor, for Defendants in Error.
Filed: Nov. 05, 1937
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: The parties here will be referred to in this decision as they appeared in the court below as relators and respondent. On October 29, 1935, relators filed their information for a writ of quo warranto in the Circuit *Page 835 Court for Dade County, Florida, and the information contained the correct description of the lands now situated within the corporate limits of the City of Coral Gables. The city contained an area of approximately 14 1/2 square miles, with 6,000 population, and the land consis
Summary: The parties here will be referred to in this decision as they appeared in the court below as relators and respondent. On October 29, 1935, relators filed their information for a writ of quo warranto in the Circuit *Page 835 Court for Dade County, Florida, and the information contained the correct description of the lands now situated within the corporate limits of the City of Coral Gables. The city contained an area of approximately 14 1/2 square miles, with 6,000 population, and the land consist..
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We held in a former case coming up from Coral Gables that where relators had acquiesced in the act of the Legislature establishing the boundaries for six or eight years, they were estopped to question it. I think that decision is applicable here. See State v. Coral Gables, 120 Fla. 492, 163 So. 308.
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