Legal Opinion
State v. City of Tallahassee
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided March 26, 1940PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTerrell, C. J.
This appeal is from a final decree validating $300,000 of 4 per cent Administration Office Building Certificates issued by the City of Tallahassee pursuant to authority vested in it by Chapter 20158, Acts of 1939. The purpose of said certificates was to construct an office building in which space would be rented to Federal, State and county governments.
The first question with which we are confronted is whether or not the erection of an office building by the City for rent is a municipal purpose such as would authorize the expenditure of municipal funds as contemplated by the Constitution and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Gibbs v. GordonSupreme Court of Florida · 1939
- State ex rel. Board of Commissioners v. ClausenWashington Supreme Court · 1917
- Williams v. the Town of DunnellonSupreme Court of Florida · 1936
- Hopkins v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Florida · 1936
- City of Sacramento v. AdamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
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3Cited by29 opinions
- State v. Town of North MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
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- City of Boca Raton v. GidmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
- O'NEILL v. BurnsSupreme Court of Florida · 1967
- Village of Deming v. Hosdreg CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1956
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