Legal Opinion
Watson v. Larson
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 16, 1947PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, J.:
A bill was filed by Honorable J. Tom Watson, an Attorney General, against Honorable J. Edwin Larson, as Treasurer of Florida, to test the legality of Chapter 23616, Acts of 1947, appropriating $2,000,000.00 to be delivered to the United States Government to purchase land and establish the Everglades National Park. The real gist of the bill is in paragraph IX which reads:
“The said chapter violates Sections 2, 3 and 4 of Article IX of the Constitution of Florida, in that the appropriation attempted to be made constitutes a gift of the money belonging to the people of the State of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- State ex rel. Third National Bank v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
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