Harwell v. Hillsborough County

The Legislature of 1925 enacted Chapter 10145, Acts of 1925, Laws of Florida, authorizing County Commissioners in counties of not less than 125,000 population, on petition of two-thirds of the abutting property owners outside of a municipality, to pave, grade, or curb any highway in said county and assess the entire cost of such paving, grading, or curbing to the abutting property, in proportion to front footage, such cost to be evidenced by certificates of indebtedness issued by the County Commissioners against each parcel or tract of land separately.

Hillsborough County, the defendant in…