Judges: WHITFIELD, J.
Attorneys: Wm. E. Thompson, Keen and Allen, J. Velma Keen, Wm. P. Allen and A. Frank O'Kelley, Jr., for Relators;
John W. Cone and Henry C. Tillman, for Respondents.
Filed: Apr. 21, 1939
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: The alternative writ of mandamus issued herein by this court commands the appropriate county officers to levy, assess and collect ad valorem taxes upon homesteads in Special Tax School District No. 36, Hillsborough County, Florida, for the school year 1938-1939, for the exclusive use of public free schools within the district, under Section 10 , Article XII , of the Florida Constitution and the statutes relating thereto, or to show cause for not doing so. The alternative writ alleges: "That Spec
Summary: The alternative writ of mandamus issued herein by this court commands the appropriate county officers to levy, assess and collect ad valorem taxes upon homesteads in Special Tax School District No. 36, Hillsborough County, Florida, for the school year 1938-1939, for the exclusive use of public free schools within the district, under Section 10 , Article XII , of the Florida Constitution and the statutes relating thereto, or to show cause for not doing so. The alternative writ alleges: "That Speci..
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I concur in all of the foregoing opinion except that portion with reference to the decision in Ginsberg v. Dreka, supra, in which case Mr. Justice THOMAS and the writer dissented.
TERRELL and BUFORD, J.J., dissent.
