Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Fidelity Life Ass'n v. City of Cedar Keys
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 6, 1936PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
In 1890 a municipal corporation known as the Town of Cedar Keys was brought into existence under the general laws of Florida providing for the incorporation of cities and towns. Chapter 37, Section 1-85, McClellan’s Digest, Laws of Florida (1881). It functioned as municipality under that charter until 1913.
During the last mentioned year, the Legislature of Florida, acting pursuant to Section 8 of Article VIII of the State Constitution, undertook to supersede the pre-existing municipality of the Town of Cedar Keys by creating, as its successor, a new specially chartered municipality to be…
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