Jefferson Realty Co. v. Board Commissioners, (1945)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
Number:
Visitors: 11
Judges: TERRELL, J.:
Attorneys: Manley P. Caldwell, for appellant.
Willard Utley, for appellee.
Filed: Sep. 21, 1945
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: In June, 1925, the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund conveyed to H.C. Rorick "a tract of lake bottom lands situated between the meander line of Lake Okeechobee and the extensions into the lake of Hillsborough and of North New River Canals," containing 847.56 acres. Rorick later conveyed his title to appellant. In 1927 and subsequent years, the tax assessor of Palm Beach County extended on the tax rolls Everglades Drainage District special assessments and maintenance taxes against said la
Summary: In June, 1925, the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund conveyed to H.C. Rorick "a tract of lake bottom lands situated between the meander line of Lake Okeechobee and the extensions into the lake of Hillsborough and of North New River Canals," containing 847.56 acres. Rorick later conveyed his title to appellant. In 1927 and subsequent years, the tax assessor of Palm Beach County extended on the tax rolls Everglades Drainage District special assessments and maintenance taxes against said lan..
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I concur in the judgment of reversal because these lands, being sovereign lands below the meander line of the Lake Okeechobee, never constituted any part of the area of the Drainage District. The question of whether the lands were reclaimed, at whose expense or whether there was or was not some appreciable or incidental benefits flowing to them by the district is therefore immaterial.
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