Maxwell v. Good Samaritan Hospital Ass'n

DREW, Justice.

Petition for writ of certiorari has been granted to review the decision of the district court in this cause, Fla.App., 19S So.2d 2SS, as one which affects a class of state officers.1 The court affirmed an order striking affirmative defenses filed by the petitioner tax assessor in an action by the respondent hospital to compel tax exemption and cancellation of its assessment under F.S. Sec. 192.06(13), F.S.A.2

Upon pleadings detailed in the opinion above cited, the district court held that the defendant assessor could not plead the alleged discriminatory admission policies as a…