Legal Opinion
Gessner v. Del-Air Corporation
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided June 6, 1944PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, J. :
May property no longer needed or used for county purposes be sold by the Board of County Commissioners ? Such was the question propounded in a petition for a declaratory decree, and the chancellor answered it in the negative.
It seems well established by decisions of this Court that . the county commissioners have only such powers as are granted them by statute, Parker v. Evening News Publishing Co., 54 Fla. 544, 45 So. 309, may exercise only the authority conferred by statutory regulations, Bowden v. Ricker, 70 Fla. 154, 69 So. 694, and by the Constitution itself, State v. Wheat,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- White v. CrandonSupreme Court of Florida · 1934
- Platter v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Keatley v. County CourtWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1912
- State Ex Rel. Landis v. WheatSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
- Bowden v. RickerSupreme Court of Florida · 1915
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3Cited by90 opinions
- Montgomery County v. Maryland-Washington Metropolitan DistrictCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1953
- Santa Rosa County v. Gulf Power Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
- Colen v. Sunhaven Homes, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1957
- Escambia County v. BellDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
- Volusia County v. Del-Air CorporationSupreme Court of Florida · 1946
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