Payne v. Washington County
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from to the Circuit Court for Washington county. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court. STATEMENT OF CASE. Appellant, plaintiff below, sued the appellee, alleging in his declaration that lie was, on February 1st, 1887, proprietor and publisher of a certain newspaper in said county and that one John Eoche was Collector of Eevenue of said county.
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Appeal from to the Circuit Court for Washington county. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court. STATEMENT OF CASE. Appellant, plaintiff below, sued the appellee, alleging in his declaration that lie was, on February 1st, 1887, proprietor and publisher of a certain newspaper in said county and that one John Eoche was Collector of Eevenue of said county. That said Collector made out a statement of all lands upon which taxes were unpaid for the year 1886 as required by law, which statement was published by plaintiff in his newspaper as required by law. That for his service…
1Opinion of the Court
Maxwell, J.:
During February of 1887, the Tax Co lector of Washington county procured publication of the delinquent list of tax-payers in a newspaper owned and published by appellant. The charge tor publication not having been paid, appellant sued the county to recover the-amount claimed thereon. The proceedings in the case resulted in a judgment for the defendant (appellee here), and in the appeal now before us. Without reference to the manner in which the proceedings and the rulings of the court present the controversy between the parties, it is enough to say that the decisive question…
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