Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Leonard v. Franklin

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided August 19, 1922Published

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Calhoun County, C. L. Wilson, Judge. -

1Concurrence

West, J.,

concurring — This is a suit brought by resident tax payers to test the constiutional validity of Chapter 8639, Acts of 1921, Laws of Florida. This statute is as follows:

“CHAPTER 8639 — (No. 244).
“An Act authorizing the Board of Public Instruction for the County of Calhoun, State of Florida, to issue time warrants to the amount of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Dollars ($114,000.00) the proceeds to be used for the purpose of aiding in the building and equipment of modern public High School Building in Special Tax School Districts No. 1, (Wéwahitchka), No. 3, (Blountstown), No. 4,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Child Labor Tax CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. Fairbank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  3. State v. BryanSupreme Court of Florida · 1905
  4. Price v. McLeodSupreme Court of Florida · 1914
  5. City of Jacksonville v. BowdenSupreme Court of Florida · 1914

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