STATE v. CITY OF MIAMI


76 So.2d 294 (1954)

STATE of Florida and the Taxpayers, Property Owners and Citizens of said City of Miami, including Non-Residents Owning Property or Subject to Taxation Therein, Appellants, v. The CITY OF MIAMI, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

December 10, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Brautigam, Miami, for appellants.

J.W. Watson, Jr., Miami, and Mitchell & Pershing, New York City, for appellee.


MATHEWS, Justice.

This case involves a bond validation proceeding in the Circuit Court of Dade County. The purpose of the suit was to determine the validity of the bonds and the legality of the necessary proceedings to issue $6,000,000 of Special Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds (Series A).

It appears that on February 3, 1954, the City granted a franchise to the Florida Power and Light Company for a period of thirty years and provided for the imposition...

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