State v. Jensen Road & Bridge District

This appeal is from a final decree of the Circuit Court of Martin County, validating and confirming refunding bonds of the Jensen Road & Bridge District and the taxes and assessments to be levied in payment thereof.

The district involved was originally created by Chapter 8828, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1921, for the purpose of authorizing the board of said district “to construct and maintain a bridge in said district across the Indian River.” The Act empowered the board to levy a tax upon all the real and personal taxable property in the district so created sufficient to pay the interest on…