Legal Opinion
City of Fort Myers v. Heitman
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 30, 1941PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITFIELD, J.:
In Boley v. Hilbun, 124 Fla. 583, 169 So. 409, a suit to foreclose tax liens, it was definitely decided that tax sale certificates are not void and subject to cancellation because the assessments were not made to owner but in the name of a person or firm that had no existence when legal taxes due on the property had not been paid. The opinion in that case states that since the cases of City of Orlando v. Giles, 51 Fla. 423, 40 So. 824, and Florida East Coast Fruit Land Co. v. Mitchell, 80 Fla. 291, 85 So. 661, the law affecting such assessments has been materially changed.…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- West Virginia Hotel Corp. v. W. C. Foster Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1931
- City of Tampa v. ColganSupreme Court of Florida · 1935
- City of Olando v. Equitable Building & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Florida · 1903
- Ranger Realty Co. v. HeftySupreme Court of Florida · 1933
- Amos v. Jacksonville Realty & Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1919
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Collins Investment Co. v. Metropolitan Dade CountySupreme Court of Florida · 1964
- FLA. EXPORT TOBACCO v. Dept. of RevenueDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
- Dade County Land Development Corp. v. Dade CountyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
- Dickinson v. AllenDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
- Clements v. RobertsSupreme Court of Florida · 1942
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