Legal Opinion
City of Jacksonville v. Continental Can Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 6, 1933PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
The controversy in this case involves the construction of Section 12 of Article IX of the Constitution of 1885 as applied to the manufacture in the City of Jacksonville of metal containers, 'which are made of steel and tin in the proportion of ninety-eight and one-half per cent steel and one and one-half per cent tin, by the Continental Can Company of that city.
The company began the manufacture of its product in the city of Jacksonville about the latter part of the year 1930 and paid all taxes assessed against its property for that year and preceding years. For the year 1931 the City assessed…
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- State ex rel. West v. ButlerSupreme Court of Florida · 1915
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