Gonzales v. Sullivan
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon county. The case was transferred from Escambia county on account of the disqualification of the Judge of the First Circuit to hear it.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon county. The case was transferred from Escambia county on account of the disqualification of the Judge of the First Circuit to hear it. The material allegations of the bill are: That appellant, as collector of revenue for Escambia county, levied upon and advertised for sale on the sixth day of August, 1877, for State and county taxes for the year A. D. 1876, amounting to $4,826.84, the track of the railroad situated in said county known as the Pensacola and Louisville Railroad, with the locomotives, passenger, freight, and other cars, and machine shop…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Westcott
The Constitution, operative in this State in 1855, provided that “ a liberal system of internal improvements being essential to the development of the resources of the country, shall be encouraged by the government of this State, and it shall be the duty of the General Assembly, as soon as practicable, to ascertain by law proper objects of improvement in relation to roads, canals, and navigable streams, and to provide for a suitable application of such funds as may be appropriated for such improvements.” In 1855 the General Assembly, reciting this clause of the Constitution, passed aD act…
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