Legal Opinion
City of West Palm Beach v. Amos
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided October 17, 1930PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStrum, J.
— The question here presented is whether or not the tax imposed by Chapter 13756, Acts of 1929 (p.456), upon the storage of gasoline and other petroleum products applies to the storage of gasoline by municipalities for their own public use.
Complainant below, a municipal corporation, sought an injunction against the collection of the tax. A demurrer to the bill of complaint was sustained and the injunction denied, from which order this appeal, is taken.
Complainant presents three major contentions: First, that the tax, in its general application, is repugnant to constitutional limitations and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wagner v. City of CovingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- State of Florida v. SullivanSupreme Court of Florida · 1928
- Getzen v. Sumter CountySupreme Court of Florida · 1925
- Askren v. Continental Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- State ex rel. Lunig v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1916
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Griffis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
- Heriot v. City of PensacolaSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
- City of Lakeland v. AmosSupreme Court of Florida · 1932
- State v. City of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- City of Ardmore v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
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