McPherson v. Town of Lake Maitland

On the 17th day of May, 1937, plaintiff below filed his petition under Section 3049 C. G. L. for the exclusion of eighty acres of land owned by him from the incorporated limits of the Town of Lake Maitland, Florida. It will be observed that this is purely a statutory action making it incumbent upon the plaintiff in error to show that the incorporated town contains less than 150 qualified electors. The statute gives jurisdiction to the Circuit Court only when there are less than 150 qualified electors in the said municipality. Likewise Section 2946 C. G. L. provides for the qualification of…