Dorman v. Highlands County Hospital District

McDONALD, Justice.

Numerous taxpayers who reside within the Highlands County Hospital District1 appeal a circuit court order validating a bond issue proposed by the district. We have jurisdiction2 and affirm the final judgment of validation.

Following a two-and-one-half-year study, the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services issued a certificate of necessity allowing expansion of Highlands General Hospital. This hospital is owned and operated by the district, and on December 17, 1981 the district’s board of commissioners approved a resolution providing for the issuance of…