GREEN v. HOME NEWS PUBLISHING CO.


90 So.2d 295 (1956)

Ray E. GREEN, as Comptroller of the State of Florida, and Thomas J. Kelly, as Sheriff of Dade County, Florida, Appellants, v. HOME NEWS PUBLISHING CO., Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division B.

Rehearing Denied November 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Phillip Goldman, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Lewis H. Tribble, Gen. Counsel for Comptroller, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder, Atkins, Carson & Wahl, and James Knight, Miami, for appellee.


ROBERTS, Justice.

The only point presented for determination on this appeal is whether a publication, the "Shopper Advertiser," is a newspaper within the meaning of Section 212.08(4), Fla. Stat. 1955, F.S.A., exempting, among others, "newspapers" from the sales and use tax imposed by the Sales Tax Act, Chapter 212, Fla. Stat. 1955, F.S.A. In a suit brought by the publisher, appellee here, against the Comptroller, appellant, to enjoin the collection of a tax imposed...

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