Chavous v. Goodbread

ADAMS, J.:

Appellant filed a bill in equity challenging the validity of Chapter 22241, Special Acts of 1943. The lower court dismissed the bill on motion and appellant appeals.

Chapter 22241 was a special act which abolished and recreated, with certain changes, the Town of Cross City. It is urged that the act was void, among other reasons, because notice was not published as required by Article III, Section 21, Florida Constitution. Appellee, in effect, says that because of Article VIII, Section 8, Florida Constitution, Article III, Section 21 had no application. This is erroneous for in State…