Legal Opinion
Baldwin Drainage District v. MacClenny Turpentine Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided April 4, 1944PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, J.:
In this appeal, presented by certiorari, we are asked to test the propriety of the chancellor’s order denying motions to dismiss the bill of complaint and to strike certain sections of that pleading. Our first task is an analysis of the bill, which is of considerable length.
The plaintiffs are owners of property or holders of liens on property situated within Baldwin Drainage District which “claims to be a public corporation ... by virtue of a . . . Decree entered [by the circuit judge] ... on the 19th day of January, A. D. 1916. . . .” This decree “described the outside boundaries…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Tulare Irrigation District v. ShepardSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Clark-Ray-Johnson Co. v. WillifordSupreme Court of Florida · 1911
- Bice v. City of Haines CitySupreme Court of Florida · 1940
- State v. CovingtonSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
- Carlile v. Melbourne-Tillman Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of Florida · 1940
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Board of Public Inst. v. Little River Val. Drain. Dist.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960
- OP CORPORATION v. Village of North Palm BeachSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
- State v. Everglades Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of Florida · 1945
- Trustees of Internal Improvement Fund v. Southwest Tampa Storm Sewer Drainage Dist.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
- Baldwin Drainage Dist. v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
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