Basnet v. City of Jacksonville
Supreme Court of Florida
Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Duval county. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. No motion to quash was made by respondent.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice "Westcott
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a proceeding before the Judge of the Circuit Court, instituted by Basnett under the fourth section of Chapter 152, Laws, and in view of the constitutional jurisdiction of the Circuit Court in cases involving the legality of any tax assessment, by which he sought to have an assessment1 of taxes by the City of Jacksonville against him for the year 1880 declared “ illegal and not lawfully made.”
The statute provides that in such case he may apply to the - Judge of the Circuit Court by petition setting forth the alleged illegality,…
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