City of Jacksonville v. L'Engle
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. This is an appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court of Duval county enjoining the collection of taxes by the Tax Collector of the City of Jacksonville, levied on the property of the complainant, appellee.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. This is an appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court of Duval county enjoining the collection of taxes by the Tax Collector of the City of Jacksonville, levied on the property of the complainant, appellee. The bill alleges that the property taxed is not within the territorial limits of the city ; that certain proceedings were had in December, 1877, by the Count}' Commissioners of Duval county upon the petition of certain persons as resident registered voters of the incorporated town of LaVilla, praying that a part of the territory in the…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice delivered the opinion of the court.
Ueither the petition of the inhabitants of LaVilla, nor the order of the Commissioners, assert or find that the limits of the town of LaVilla “ include an undue amount of vacant or farming lands.” neither does the board find that the boundaries of LaVilla are of “ unreasonable and unnecessary extent,” unless that may be implied from the making of the order curtailing the proportions of the town.
On the contrary they find that the detached portion in*350stead of being “ unreasonably and unnecessarily ” included within the limits of an…
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