COUNTY OF PALM BEACH v. STATE

No. 48569.

342 So.2d 56 (1976)

COUNTY OF PALM BEACH, Florida, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

As Corrected On Denial of Rehearing February 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold L. Greenfield, Gen. Counsel, State Division of Bond Finance, Tallahassee and R. William Rutter, Jr., County Atty., for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen.; and Basil S. Diamond and Mary Jo Carpenter, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellees.

Chester Bedell and John A. DeVault, III of Bedell, Bedell, Dittmar & Zehmer, Jacksonville, for intervenors-appellees.


ENGLAND, Justice.

This case is an appeal from a judgment of the Palm Beach County Circuit Court declaring invalid a $50 million bond issue approved by the voters of Palm Beach County. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Article V, Section 3(b)(2) of the Florida Constitution.

The trial judge below construed the resolution by which the Palm Beach County Commission proposed the bond issue as authorizing the use of the proceeds for the unconstitutional purpose of...

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