Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. v. City of Tampa

— In this case action was brought by the plaintiff in error, plaintiff in the court below, against defendant in error, defendant in the court below, to recover the amount of the taxes for the years 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929 paid by the plaintiff to the defendant, the plaintiff basing its right of recovery upon a certain contract entered into between the plaintiff’s predecessor, Ernest Kreher, and the City of Tampa on the 1st day of February, 1917, in which the party of the first part, joined by his wife, covenanted and agreed to sell and convey to the party of the second part…