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LYKES BROS. v. BOARD OF COM'RS OF EVERGLADES DR. DIST

41 So.2d 898 (1949)

LYKES BROS., Inc., et al. v. BOARD OF COM'RS OF EVERGLADES DRAINAGE DIST. et al.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

July 22, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, Fort Myers, and Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for appellants.

Wareing T. Miller, West Palm Beach, for appellee Board of Commissioners of Everglades Drainage District.

Hudson & Cason, Miami, for appellee Dade County.

Baxter & Baxter, Fort Lauderdale for appellee Napoleon B. Broward Drainage District, intervenor.

SEBRING, Justice.

The appeal is from a decree granting a motion to dismiss an amended bill of complaint.

The appellants, who are landowners and taxpayers in the Everglades Drainage District and who own bonds issued by the District, brought a suit in equity to enjoin the District from dedicating certain of its lands to water conservation purposes pursuant to chapters 24417, 24465, and 24788, Special Laws, 1947. The appellants alleged in their bill that they...

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