BURNS v. BUTSCHER

No. 35186.

187 So.2d 594 (1966)

Haydon BURNS, As Governor, et al., Etc., Appellants, v. William C. BUTSCHER, Jr., et Ux., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 8, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Fred M. Burns, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Charles D. McClure, for appellants.

William G. O'Neill, Ocala, Robert M. Ervin and Joseph C. Jacobs of Ervin, Pennington, Varn & Jacobs, Tallahassee, for appellees.

Thomas C. Britton, County Atty., and Stuart Simon, Asst. County Atty., amici curiae.


THOMAS, Justice

As early as 10 July 1942 we observed the requirement of Sec. 2 of Chapter 20722, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1941, that all property be assessed by tax assessors at full cash value was not an innovation since Sec. 905, C.G.L. 1927, contained a similar mandate. And we pointed out that the rate of taxation and the percentage of assessed valuation no longer so complemented each other that assessments of less than 100 per cent. would distribute the tax burden...

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