MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE v. COWART


108 So.2d 468 (1958)

MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE, a municipal corporation, Appellant, v. Faris N. COWART, Edwin L. Mason, John B. McLeod, Ralph Fossey, and Charles Hall, as members of and constituting the Board of County Commissioners of Dade County, Florida, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.L. Semple, Thomas H. Anderson and Anderson & Nadeau, Miami, for appellants.

Darry A. Davis, Miami, for appellees.

George S. Okell, Miami, for Dade County League of Municipalities.


ROBERTS, Justice.

This is another in a series of cases arising in Dade County since May 21, 1957, questioning the validity of various actions taken by the Board of County Commissioners of Dade County ("the Board" hereafter) under the purported authority of the Home Rule Charter adopted on that date by the voters of Dade County. See Dade County v. Kelly, Fla. 1958, 99 So.2d 856; Chase v. Cowart, Fla. 1958, 102 So...

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