City of Tampa v. Colgan

This was a direct proceeding by a municipal government to enforce by foreclosure proceedings an alleged tax lien claimed by it against appellees’ property. On a previous appeal a motion to strike certain paragraphs of defendant’s answer to the City’s bill was overruled and on .appeal was affirmed by this Court. See City of Tampa v. Colgan, 111 Fla. 538, 149 Sou. Rep. 587. The present proceeding being, as it is, a direct effort by a tax levying authority to enforce its own asserted tax lien against its affected taxpayer’s property, with no alleged rights of third parties, such a bona fide tax…