Legal Opinion

Simpson v. Jones Business College

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 26, 1959No. A-488PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIGGINTON, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellee Jones Business College brought suit seeking a decree declaring that its real and personal property is exempt from ad valorem taxation under the applicable provisions of our State Constitution and statutes, and enjoining the taxing officials of Duval County from further assessing its property for taxation. From a decree adjudging that plaintiff is entitled to the claimed exemption, the taxing officials have appealed.

The complaint, filed in April, 1957, alleges that plaintiff is a non-profit educational institution and that its real and personal property…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. City of Detroit v. Detroit Commercial CollegeMichigan Supreme Court · 1948
  2. Lummus v. Florida-Adirondack School, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1934
  3. Board of Com'rs v. Tulsa Business CollegeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1931
  4. Rohrbough v. Douglas CountyNebraska Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Wilson's Modern Business College v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1940

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. National College of Business v. Pennington CountySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1966
  2. McKee v. EvansAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
  3. National College of Business v. Pennington CountySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Orange Park Kindergarten, Inc. v. Smith, Circuit Court of the 4th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Clay County1965

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