City of Miami v. Claughton Hotels, Inc.

This is a second appeal1 in a case which involves interpretation and application of an agreement by the appellant City “to pay its pro rata share of current taxes and future taxes” on certain property owned by the appellee hotel company in downtown Miami, on part of which the City maintains a sidewalk, and over which sidewalk (above the first story) the company’s multi-story hotel building extends. A fuller understanding of the factual situation can be had by referring to our opinion on the first appeal (140 So.2d 608), on which we remanded the cause “for purposes of determining the liability…