Volusia County v. Del-Air Corporation

THOMAS, J.:

The backdrop of the present controversy is the decision of this court in the case of Gessner et al., v. Del-Air Corporation, 154 Fla. 829, 17 So. (2nd) 522, that the county could not sell real property then owned and theretofore used by it, for the simple reason that it had no statutory authority to do so.

From the allegations of the bill for declaratory decree, now under study, (authorized by Chapter 21820, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1943, Section 87.01 et seq., Florida Statutes, 1941, and F.S.A.) we shall give the status of the transaction between the Del-Air Corporation and the…