Legal Opinion

Meredith v. City of Winter Haven

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 10, 1944No. 10402PublishedCited by 4 opinions

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

  1. Meredith v. Winter HavenSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Sullivan v. City of TampaSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
  3. Jefferson County v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Florida · 1887
  4. County of Jefferson v. B. C. Lewis & SonsSupreme Court of Florida · 1884
  5. State v. County of SarasotaSupreme Court of Florida · 1935

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Aerojet-General Corp. v. AskewCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  2. Fahs v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
  3. Fahs v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
  4. Aerojet-General Corporation v. AskewCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975

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