Clover Leaf, Inc. v. City of Jacksonville, (1940)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
Number:
Visitors: 16
Judges: THOMAS, J.
Attorneys: Sears Shea, for Appellant;
Austin Miller and Eli Finkelstein, for Appellee.
Filed: Dec. 20, 1940
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: The chancellor dismissed a bill of complaint filed by the plaintiff, Clover Leaf, Inc., by which it was *Page 343 sought to enjoin City of Jacksonville from issuing paving certicates for the amounts assessed against abutting property for the improvement of Main Street from Bay Street to Hogan's Creek. Under the ordinance passed by the city council and approved by the mayor, the city commission was authorized to expend for the work approximately forty thousand dollars, that being the amount of th
Summary: The chancellor dismissed a bill of complaint filed by the plaintiff, Clover Leaf, Inc., by which it was *Page 343 sought to enjoin City of Jacksonville from issuing paving certicates for the amounts assessed against abutting property for the improvement of Main Street from Bay Street to Hogan's Creek. Under the ordinance passed by the city council and approved by the mayor, the city commission was authorized to expend for the work approximately forty thousand dollars, that being the amount of the..
More
I do not think this case is ruled by the opinion and judgment in the case of Spearman Brewing Co. v. City of Pensacola,136 Fla. 869, 187 So. 365. In this case under the statutes cited in the majority opinion the city assumed no obligation involving any deferred payments for contemplated street improvements and therefore the provisions of Section 6, Article IX of the Constitution are not applicable.
Source: CourtListener
