Halifax Hospital Medical Center, etc. v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC18-683 ____________ HALIFAX HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, etc., Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, et al., Appellees. April 18, 2019 LAWSON, J. Halifax Hospital Medical Center, a special tax district, appeals a circuit court judgment denying validation of revenue bonds. We have jurisdiction, see art. V, § 3(b)(2), Fla. Const., and affirm, holding that Halifax is not authorized to carry out the project for which it sought to issue the bonds. BACKGROUND Halifax was created by a special act of the Legislature in 1925. Ch. 11272, Laws of Fla. (1925); ch.…