Chamberlain v. City of Tampa
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County, Statement. On July 9, 1894, the appellant in his own right and on behalf of all other tax-payers of the city of Tampa, filed his bill in equity against appellees, in the Circuit Court of Hillsborough County.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County, Statement. On July 9, 1894, the appellant in his own right and on behalf of all other tax-payers of the city of Tampa, filed his bill in equity against appellees, in the Circuit Court of Hillsborough County. The bill alleged that appellant was a resident, citizen and tax-payer of the city of Tampa, owning certain described real estate, besides other real and personal property of the value of $20,000, subject to taxation by said city, all of which had been duly assessed and taxed by said city for the year 1893; that said city had by its…
1Opinion of the Court
Carter, J.:
I. Courts of equity have jurisdiction to restrain municipal corporations and their officers from making unauthorized appropriations, or otherwise illegally and wrongfully disposing of the corporate funds to the injury of property holders and tax-payers in the corporation, and a bill for this purpose is properly brought by an individual tax-payer on behalf of himself and other tax-payers in the municipality. 2 Dillon on Municipal •Corporations, §§9.14-922; Cooley on Taxation, pp. 764-7; 10 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 962; 1 Pomeroy Eq. Jur. §260.
II. Section 7, Chapter 4086, act of…
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