Legal Opinion
Coombes v. City of Coral Gables
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided May 27, 1936PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTerrell, J.
The Legislature of 1931 enacted Chapter 15038, Laws of Florida, granting to municipalities a supplemental, additional, optional, and alternative method of enforcing tax liens and special assessments, that is to say by suit in chancery, the practice, pleadings, and procedure therein being in substantial accord with that required for the foreclosure of mortgages on real estate.
Pursuant to said act by the appellee, City of Coral Gables, filed its bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of Dade County to foreclose approximately 36,000 tax liens, held by it and evidenced by tax sale certificates…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- West Virginia Hotel Corp. v. W. C. Foster Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1931
- Camp Phosphate Co. v. AllenSupreme Court of Florida · 1919
- Abell v. Town of BoyntonSupreme Court of Florida · 1928
- Folsom v. Bank of GreenwoodSupreme Court of Florida · 1929
- Graham v. City of West TampaSupreme Court of Florida · 1916
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Powell v. KellySupreme Court of Florida · 1969
- SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & T. CO. v. County of DadeSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
- In Re TriggNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1942
- Hardin v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Mayor of Savannah v. FawcettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
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