Legal Opinion

Tenney v. City of Miami Beach

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 22, 1942PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TERRELL, J.:

This was a class suit instituted under Section Fourteen, 1931 Chancery Act. The bill of complaint prayed that cer tain assessment liens imposed by the City of Miami Beach on lands abutting Collins Avenue be cancelled and that all funds collected by the City pursuant to said liens be restored to the property owners. The chancellor found for the complainants and decreed accordingly. His decree was affirmed by this Court. City of Miami Beach v. Tenney, et al., 150 Fla. 241, 7 So. (2nd) 136.

On the going down of the mandate, the plaintiff petitioned the court to permit those who had…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. Trustees v. GreenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  3. Central Railroad & Banking Co. of Ga. v. PettusSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  4. Wheelock v. First Presbyterian Church of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
  5. City of Miami v. A. M. Tenney and Demarest HoldingSupreme Court of Florida · 1942

3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2006
  2. Broin v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  3. Frankel v. City of Miami BeachSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  4. Magana v. Platzer Shipyard, Inc.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1977
  5. Horner v. Chamber of CommerceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952

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