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CITY OF LAKE WORTH v. STATE OF FLORIDA

111 So.2d 433 (1959)

CITY OF LAKE WORTH, Florida, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 29, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Martin, Lake Worth, and Phillips & Hathaway, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Phil O'Connell, West Palm Beach, for the State.

McCoy & Love and Claude L. McCoy, Lake Worth, for the Intervening Property Owners, Taxpayers and Citizens, appellees.

THOMAS, Justice.

Under the provisions of Sec. 8, Art. VIII, of the Constitution of Florida, F.S.A., the legislature has the power to establish municipalities and prescribe their powers. This plenary power is subject only to restrictions specified in the Constitution. Town of Palm Beach v. Vlahos, 153 Fla. 781, 15 So.2d 839.

When the legislature created the City of Lake Worth by the enactment of Chapter 25962, Laws of Florida, Special Acts of 1949, the city...

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