Hatfield v. Prince

CHAPMAN, C. J.:

The Town of Greenacres City, situated in Palm Beach County, was abolished by Chapter 23,301, Special Acts of 1945, Laws of Florida. Residents of the town of Greenacres City instituted in the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County, Florida, a class suit in Chancery for the purpose of obtaining a decree declaring void, unconstitutional and of no effect the Special Act supra.

The constitutionality of the Act is challenged, first, on the ground of recitation of erroneous facts appearing in the preamble of the Act viz: (1) a majority of the citizen voters and taxpayers of the town of…