Legal Opinion
Town of Boynton Beach v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 17, 1933PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, C. J.
This is a writ of error prosecuted, after an order of severance, by the officials of the Town of Boynton Beach, to a final judgment awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus against the officials of the Town of Boynton and of Boynton Beach, jointly.
The Town of Boynton exists under Chapter 8918, Acts of 1921, and subsequent laws amendatory thereof. The Town of Boynton Beach was created by Chapter 15088, Special Acts of 1931, out of a portion of the territory formerly comprising the Town of Boynton. The object of the proceeding in mandamus was to compel the officials of both the old and the new…
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