Legal Opinion
Hiers v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 22, 1928PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBuford, J.
This is a writ of error to an order in habeas corpus proceedings, the effect of which was to hold Chapter 12412, Acts of 1927, relating to and imposing a State and County license tax on automobile tire and automobile tube dealers, which was originally known as House Bill No. 1053, unconstitutional and void, and discharging the respondent, who is defendant in error here, from custody.
Perhaps no better rule may be stated to apply in the construction of the constitutionality of a statute when assailed than that which was enunciated by this Court in the case of Burr v. Fla. East Coast Line…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Metropolis Theater Company, Plffs. In Err. v. City of Chicago and Ernest J. MagerstadtSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Covington & Lexington Turnpike Road Co. v. SandfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Tinsley v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
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3Cited by50 opinions
- Klemm v. DavenportSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
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- City of Winter Haven v. A. M. Klemm & SonSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
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