Jefferson Realty Co. v. Board of Commissioners

TERRELL, J.:

In June, 1925, the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund conveyed to H. C. Rorick “a tract of lake bottom lands situated between the meander line of Lake Okeechobee and the extensions into the lake of Hillsborough and of North New River Canals,” containing 847.56 acres. Rorick later conveyed his title to appellant.

In 1927 and subsequent years, the tax assessor of Palm Beach County extended on the tax rolls Everglades Drainage District special assessments and maintenance taxes against said lands without the approval or direction of the Board of Commissioners of Everglades…