Herbert v. City of Daytona Beach

The facts in this case may be succinctly stated as follows:

On October 5, 1935, plaintiff John T. Herbert filed in the Circuit Court of Volusia County, Florida, a taxpayer’s suit on behalf of himself and all other taxpayers and inhabitants of said city. He álleged that the city had prior to June 17, 1934, proposed to issue certain water revenue certificates in the amount of $280,000.00; that authority for the issuance of such certificates was contained in Section 146 of the City Charter known as Chapter 10466, Special Acts of 1925; that on October 17, 1934, said city filed a petition in the…