State Ex Rel. Keefe v. City of St. Petersburg

This is a mandamus proceeding by bond holders of the City of St. Petersburg seeking to require the respondents, as city officials, to revise their budget and to levy taxes necessary to pay the interest on the bonds which relators hold.

One of the commands of the alternative writ is that a single and uniform rate of taxation be required to be levied over all of the property in the city, as the limits thereof are defined by Chapter 15505, Special Acts 1931, Laws of Florida. The city officials resist this command on the ground that it is inconsistent with the practice which the city has…