Hawkins v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon •county. STATEMENT. The bill in this case was filed by A. B. Hawkins against Henry L. Mitchell, Governor, William I). Bloxham, Comptroller, C. B. Collins, Treasurer, William B. Lamar, Attorney-General, and L. B. Womb-well, Commissioner of Agriculture, and successor in office of the Register of State Lands, as Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund, for the purpose of compelling said trustees to pay interest on five bonds-issued by…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon •county. STATEMENT. The bill in this case was filed by A. B. Hawkins against Henry L. Mitchell, Governor, William I). Bloxham, Comptroller, C. B. Collins, Treasurer, William B. Lamar, Attorney-General, and L. B. Womb-well, Commissioner of Agriculture, and successor in office of the Register of State Lands, as Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund, for the purpose of compelling said trustees to pay interest on five bonds-issued by the Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central Railroad Company, and accruing after their maturity. The bill sets out the provisions…
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry, J.:
The question involved in this appeal is whether or not the Internal Improvement Fund of the State, as set apart and declared by the act of the General Assembly of January 6th, 1855, Chapter 610, known as the Internal Improvement Act, is chargeable with interest on bonds issued under the authority of said act in aid of railroads, and accruing after the maturity of the bonds. A decision of the question necessitates an examination of some of the provisions of the act under which the bonds were- issued. In view of the fact that the State had become the grantee of a large landed interest…
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