State ex rel. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of St. Petersburg v. Dickinson

ERVIN, Justice.

Relator, First Federal Savings and Loan Association of St. Petersburg, Florida, a corporation organized under the laws of the United States in an original proceeding in mandamus in this Court seeks the issuance of a peremptory writ to require the State Comptroller to refund certain intangible taxes paid under protest. We issued an alternative writ and the Respondent Comptroller moved to quash the writ, and also filed his return. The cause is at issue on the merits.

It appears Relator, pursuant to certain instruments referred to as participation agreements or certificates…