CITY OF NAPLES v. CONBOY

No. 33707.

182 So.2d 412 (1965)

The CITY OF NAPLES, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida, et al., Appellants, v. Vincent H. CONBOY, and other taxpayers of the City of Naples, not named but made parties as members of a class, Appellees. Vincent H. CONBOY, and other taxpayers of the City of Naples, not named but made parties as members of a class, Cross-Appellants, v. The CITY OF NAPLES, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida, et al., Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Spingler, Naples, for City of Naples and Bert L. Pinkston.

Smith, Carroll, Vega, Brown & Nichols, Naples, for Aqualane Shores, Inc., and Fuller Industries, Inc.

Darrey A. Davis and Hector, Faircloth & Davis, Miami, for Port Royal, Inc.

Berryhill, Avery & Law, Fort Lauderdale, for Moorings Development Co. of Canada, Ltd.

Walter R. Condon, Condon & McDaniel, Naples, for Vincent H. Conboy, and others, appellees and cross-appellants.


ROBERTS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal to review a decision of the Circuit Court of Collier County invalidating a contract and two ordinances of the City of Naples, purporting to extend certain tax benefits to the appellants. In reaching his decision the chancellor, in his decree, construed Sections 1 and 5 of Article IX of the Constitution of Florida, F.S.A., and the appellate jurisdiction is therefore vested in this court. See McNayr v. State ex rel. Dupont Plaza...

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