SOUTH TRAIL FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT v. STATE

Nos. 42824, 42825.

273 So.2d 380 (1973)

SOUTH TRAIL FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT, SARASOTA COUNTY, Florida, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, and the Taxpayers, Property Owners and Citizens of the South Trail Fire Control District, Sarasota County, Florida, Including Nonresidents Owning Property or Subject to Taxation Therein, et al., Appellees. SOUTH TRAIL AREA FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT, a Florida Corporation, Appellant, v. TOWN HALL et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson, Stinnett, Surfus, Korp & Payne, Venice, and Freeman, Richardson, Watson, Slade & McCarthy, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Henry P. Trawick, Jr., of Millican & Trawick, Sarasota, for appellees.


ADKINS, Justice.

These related causes, consolidated for convenience, are direct appeals from two dependent judgments of the Circuit Court of Sarasota County, one declaring Ch. 70-933, Laws of Florida, to be unconstitutional, and a second denying validation of a bond issue. We have jurisdiction. Fla. Const., art. V, § 4, F.S.A.

Appellant, Fire District, a special taxing district created by the Legislature, sought to issue $200,000 in bonds to help provide...

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