Charlotte Harbor & Northern Railway Co. v. Welles
Supreme Court of Florida
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for DeSoto County; John S. Edwards, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Wilson, Circuit Judge.
— The Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway Company, as a taxpayer, on the 22nd day of February, 1918, filed its bill of complaint against *230W. G. Welles, L. W. Whitehurst, D. L. Skipper, W. M. Whitten and J. W. Bullock,, constituting the Board of County Commissioners of DeSoto County, Florida, seeking to enjoin the said County Commissioners from maintaining in DeSoto County a special road and bridge district, known as the “Charlotte Harbor Special Road and Bridge District,” and to restrain the assessment and collection of taxes against the property of the appellant…
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