Hunnicutt v. City of Winter Haven

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice:

The final decree we review adjudicated the right of appellee to assess and collect some taxes on a portion of the “ousted part” of the City of Winter Haven. The Chancellor personally heard the testimony on bill and answer and viewed and inspected (pursuant to stipulation) the land involved. The City of Winter Haven claimed it was furnishing municipal benefits, advantages, privileges, and had de facto authority to impose municipal taxes on the property involved. The owners of the property involved contradicted this by bill for injunction (some of the plaintiffs…