Legal Opinion

Stewart v. DeLand-Lake Helen Special Road & Bridge District

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 15, 1916PublishedCited by 79 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Volusia County; Jas. W. Perkins, Judge. Statement. On the nth day of September, 1915, the DeLandLake Helen Road and Bridge District in Volusia County, Florida, by M. M. Bond and the other county commissioners of, such county, filed a petition under the provisions of Chapter 6868 of the Laws of Florida, (Acts of 1915, page 141), for the purpose of having validated a bond issue for the sum of $350,000.00 which had been voted upon and authorized at a…

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Appeal from Circuit Court, Volusia County; Jas. W. Perkins, Judge. Statement. On the nth day of September, 1915, the DeLandLake Helen Road and Bridge District in Volusia County, Florida, by M. M. Bond and the other county commissioners of, such county, filed a petition under the provisions of Chapter 6868 of the Laws of Florida, (Acts of 1915, page 141), for the purpose of having validated a bond issue for the sum of $350,000.00 which had been voted upon and authorized at a special election held on the 13th day of July, 1915, under the provisions of Chapter 6208 of the Laws of Florida, (Acts…

1Opinion of the Court

Shackleford, J.,

(after stating the facts.) — Voluminous briefs have been filed by the respective counsel in this cause, in which numerous authorities are cited, and we have also been favored, with oral arguments. We shall treat such points as seem to be necessary for a proper disposition of the case.

Instead of arguing the assignments as made in detail, the appellant has announced that he relies for a reversal of the order from which the appeal was entered upon four propositions of law, the first of which he states in his brief as follows :

“The first proposition is that Chapter 5762 Acts of…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. State v. BryanSupreme Court of Florida · 1905
  2. Price v. McLeodSupreme Court of Florida · 1914
  3. City of Jacksonville v. BowdenSupreme Court of Florida · 1914
  4. Dutton Phosphate Co. v. PriestSupreme Court of Florida · 1914
  5. County Commissioners v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of Florida · 1895

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3Cited by79 opinions

  1. Amos v. MathewsSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
  2. Lainhart v. CattsSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
  3. Adams v. CulverSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
  4. American Bakeries Co. v. City of Haines CitySupreme Court of Florida · 1938
  5. Rathbun v. State of MichiganMichigan Supreme Court · 1938

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