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Messer v. Lang Messer v. Lee

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 7, 1937PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtTerrell, J.

Appellant, James Messer, Sr., filed two suits-in equity in the Circuit Court of Leon County challenging the constitutional validity of committee substitute for House. Bill Number 396, Chapter 18296, Acts of 1937, relating to the sale- of Tax Certificates and “subsequent omitted or levied taxes.”

The bill of complaint in both suits is filed on the theory that complainant was a taxpayer of Leon County, Florida, that he has paid his taxes for ten years last past and that to permit redemptions to delinquent taxpayers in the manner provided by Chapter 18296, Acts of 1937, would be arbitrary and an…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Townsend Burns Ridgeway v. ReeseSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
  2. State, Ex Rel. v. Butts Ragan v. PeacockSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  3. Ranger Realty Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
  4. Townsend Burns Ridgeway v. PeacockSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
  5. Richey v. WellsSupreme Court of Florida · 1936

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. County of San Bernardino v. WayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Inhabitants of the Town of Warren v. NorwoodSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1941
  3. Napier v. City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  4. Peninsula Land Company v. HowardSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
  5. State Ex Rel. Hurner v. CulbreathSupreme Court of Florida · 1939

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