Spratt v. City of Jacksonville
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. Motion to advance case. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Raney, C. J.:
The appellant moved to advance the consideration of this cause, it having been submitted on briefs, and the appellee may be regarded as virtually joining in the motion.
The cause is one in which the appellant filed before the Circuit Judge of the Fourth Circuit, in October last, a petition praying that the taxes assessed by the city of Jacksonville for the year 1890 be declared illegal. The amount of the taxes sought to be collected of him as assessed against his real and personal property is $300.38. The Circuit Judge decided the taxes were legal, and from his order to this…
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- Miller v. The StateSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
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