Legal Opinion
Walters v. City of Tampa
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided August 2, 1924PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTerrell, J.
Sallie H. Walters joined by her husband John A. Walters, brought suit against the City of Tampa seeking to restrain the “repaving, regrading and widening” of a certain portion of Seventh Avenue in said city, and for the purpose of cancelling the contract therefor, the grounds of such action being that Chapter 9298, Acts of 1923, Laws of Florida, under which said repaving, regrading and widening is proposed to be done is void and inoperative.
The first ground of attack on Chapter 9298 is that it attempts to authorize a municipality to take property without due process of law, and denies to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- French v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Butler v. SheriffSupreme Court of Florida · 1914
- Anderson v. City of OcalaSupreme Court of Florida · 1914
- Crane v. Siloam SpringsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899
- Rogers v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1876
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3Cited by15 opinions
- City of Fort Myers v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 1928
- City of Fort Myers v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1928
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. City of LakelandSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
- Town of Monticello v. FinlaysonSupreme Court of Florida · 1945
- Davis v. City of ClearwaterSupreme Court of Florida · 1932
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