AMMERMAN v. MARKHAM

No. 38445.

222 So.2d 423 (1969)

Mildred AMMERMAN, Frank G. Moore, Robert C. McKeand, Jack Cohen, Barney Simmons, Archie E. Wight, and William H. Brodersen, Individually and On Behalf of a Class of Persons Similarly Situated As Defined Herein, Appellants, v. William MARKHAM, As Tax Assessor for Broward County, Florida, and Fred O. Dickinson, Jr., Comptroller of the State of Florida, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis W. Adams, of Adams, Adams & Nagel, Fort Lauderdale, and Gerald T. Wetherington, of Farrell & Wetherington, Miami, for appellants.

R. Regis Reasbeck, of Reasbeck & Fegers, Hollywood, and Gaylord A. Wood, Jr., of Rogers, Morris & Ziegler, Fort Lauderdale, for William Markham, as Tax Assessor for Broward County.

John U. Lloyd, County Atty., and Stephen A. Tillotson, Asst. County Atty., for Fred O. Dickinson, Jr., Comptroller of the State of Florida.


ADKINS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from the Circuit Court of Broward County which held that Ch. 67-339, Laws of Florida, is unconstitutional under the Fla. Const. 1885 to the extent that it purports to grant homestead exemption to owners of condominiums and cooperative apartments beginning January 1, 1969.

Appellants were the plaintiffs below and appellees were the defendants below.

The plaintiffs filed a class suit on behalf of themselves and...

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