Legal Opinion
State v. Everglades Drainage District
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 5, 1945PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRELL, J.:
This suit was brought by the Attorney General in the name of the State against the Board of Commissioners of Everglades Drainage District and others to secure a declaratory judgment as to the validity of Everglades Drainage District taxes upon the following classes of State lands:(a) Murphy lands owned by the State under Chapter 18296, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1937,(b) Settlement lands acquired by the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund in a settlement with the Board of Commissioners of Everglades Drainage District under Section 65, Chapter 14717, Laws of Florida, Acts of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lainhart v. CattsSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
- Martin v. Dade Muck Land Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1928
- Everglades Sugar & Land Co. v. BryanSupreme Court of Florida · 1921
- Baldwin Drainage District v. MacClenny Turpentine Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1944
- Rorick v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.Supreme Court of Florida · 1940
3Cited by4 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Board of Supervisors of South Florida Conservancy District v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Florida · 1948
- Baldwin Drainage Dist. v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Central & Southern Florida Flood Control District v. South Florida Conservancy DistrictDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
- HOBE-ST. LUCIE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT v. MARTIN COUNTYDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2021