Legal Opinion

Board of Commissioners v. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 10, 1920PublishedCited by 26 opinions

A Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Dade County; EL Pierre Branning, Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

Reaves, Circuit Judge.

The defendant in error, which we shall herein call the Boat Line for brevity, sued the plaintiff in error, which we shall call the Board, in the Circuit Court of Dade County to recover stated sums of money paid by ..the Boat Line to the Board as toll for the passage of its boats through the locks maintained by the Board in one of the canals constituting the Everglades Drainage System. The declaration filed July 2, 1917, seeks to recover payments from August 1, 1913. Omitting the style of the court and cause, the declaration is as follows:

“Forbes Pioneer Boat Line, a…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Johannessen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. United States v. Heinszen & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  3. Louisiana Ex Rel. Folsom v. Mayor and Administrators of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  4. Lainhart v. CattsSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
  5. New Orleans v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1877

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Forbes Pioneer Boat Line v. Board of Commissioners of Everglades Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. State Ex Rel. Davis v. RoseSupreme Court of Florida · 1929
  3. State, Dept. of Transp. v. KnowlesSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  4. Trustees of Tufts College v. Triple R. Ranch, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1973
  5. Anders v. NicholsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1933

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