NIKOLITS v. BALLINGER

No. 98-4136.

736 So.2d 1253 (1999)

Gary R. NIKOLITS, as Property Appraiser of Palm Beach County, Florida; John K. Clark, as Tax Collector of Palm Beach County, Florida and Larry H. Fuchs, as Executive Director of the Florida Department of Revenue, Petitioners, v. Wynne S. BALLINGER, Individually, and David A. Hildebrandt, David Sharpies Denton and First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustees of THE WYNNE Sharples Ballinger 1993 Family Trust, dated April 6, 1993, as amended, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar E. Stephens, III, and Jay R. Jacknin of Christiansen & Jacknin, West Palm Beach, for petitioner Gary R. Nikolits, as Property Appraiser of Palm Beach County, Florida.

David S. Pressly of Pressly & Pressly, P.A., West Palm Beach, for respondents.


GROSS, J.

Property appraiser Gary Nikolits filed a petition for writ of prohibition directed to the circuit court's order denying his motion for summary judgment. Because the circuit court did not have jurisdiction over the action, we grant the writ.

Respondent Wynne S. Ballinger sued Nikolits on December 5, 1997, asserting a challenge to the 1997 real estate taxes assessed against her Palm Beach property. Ballinger contended that the assessed value of the...

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