Meredith v. City of Winter Haven
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The petition, seeking a declaratory judgment and injunction touching the call for payment before maturity of refunding bonds of City of Winter Haven issued in 1933, in which call no provision is made for paying one-half of deferred interest as promised in the bonds, was dismissed because stating no claim on which relief can be granted. On appeal to this Court the questions involved were found to be purely of State law, on which the Florida decisions were confused, and it was held that the petitioners should seek relief in the State courts. Meredith et al. v. City of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Meredith v. Winter HavenSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Sullivan v. City of TampaSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
- Jefferson County v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Florida · 1887
- County of Jefferson v. B. C. Lewis & SonsSupreme Court of Florida · 1884
- State v. County of SarasotaSupreme Court of Florida · 1935
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