JAFRA STEEL CORPORATION v. CITY OF MIAMI

No. 64-866.

174 So.2d 624 (1965)

JAFRA STEEL CORPORATION, and the Dixie Dredge Corporation, a Florida corporation, Appellants, v. CITY OF MIAMI, a municipal corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur G. Gottlieb, Miami, for appellants.

John R. Barrett, City Atty., and Stanley R. Sterbenz, Asst. City Atty., for appellee.

Before TILLMAN PEARSON, CARROLL and SWANN, JJ.


CARROLL, Judge.

In this action, brought in the civil court of record in Dade County, the City of Miami sought recovery of unpaid taxes in the amount of $1,473.63. One of the defendants, The Dixie Dredge Corporation filed a counterclaim seeking damages in excess of $5,000, which was above the jurisdictional limitation of that court which § 33.02, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., provides shall "not exceed, exclusive of interest and cost, the sum or value of five thousand dollars...

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