Bloxham v. Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon county. STATEMENT. The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company filed its bill in equity in the Circuit Court of Leon county against William I). Bloxham, as Comptroller ■of the State of Florida, and John A. Pearce, as sheriff of said county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon county. STATEMENT. The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company filed its bill in equity in the Circuit Court of Leon county against William I). Bloxham, as Comptroller ■of the State of Florida, and John A. Pearce, as sheriff of said county. Omitting the formal parts, the bill of complaint was as follows: That the complainant is a corporation duly •organized under the laws of Florida, under letters patent of date 17th November, 1888, and owns a line of railroad in said State, which is composed of the several-lines of road organized and constructed…
1Opinion of the Court
Liddon, J.:
A three-fold object was sought to be accomplished by the bill of complaint; (1) to have it decreed that the exemption from taxation under the 18th section of the Internal Improvement act was a continuing exemption for thirty-five years after the completion of the several lines of railroad constructed on the routes in said act designated, and that said exemption attached to the rm, following the property into whosoever hands the same might come; (2) to have a decree for the recovery by the complainant, as successor of the Florida Railway & Navigation Company, of $140,812.47 paid by…
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