Legal Opinion · Dissent
State v. Florida State Improvement Commission
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided March 5, 1948Published
1DissentBarns, J.
It appears to me that the proposed bonds are either State bonds or county bonds and cannot be validated. Our Constitution, in section 6, Article IX, in respect to State bonds, provides:
“The Legislature shall have power to provide for issuing State bonds only for the purpose of repelling invasion or suppressing insurrection.”
And in respect to County bonds that:
“The Counties ... of the State of Florida shall have power to issue bonds only after the same shall have been approved by a majority of the votes cast in an election in which a majority of the freeholders who are qualified electors…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. State Board of AdministrationSupreme Court of Florida · 1946
- State Ex Rel. Hester v. State Board of AdministrationSupreme Court of Florida · 1947