CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, A PUBLIC CORPORATION, APPELLANT,
v.
SOUTH FLORIDA CONSERVANCY DISTRICT AND PELICAN LAKE SUB-DRAINAGE DISTRICT, APPELLEES

Fla. 2d DCA | 1959-05-06
No. 905
KANNER, C. J., and ALLEN and SHANNON, JJ., concur.
111 So. 2d 697 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (1959) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed upon the authority of State v. Everglades Drainage Dist., 1945, 155 Fla. 403, 20 So.2d 397; State v. Broward Drainage District, 1945, 155 Fla. 407, 20 So.2d 399; State v. Lake Worth Drainage District, 1945, 155 Fla. 408, 20 So.2d 399; State ex rel. Board of Sup’rs of South Florida Conservancy Dist. v. Caldwell, 1948, 160 Fla. 355, 35 So.2d 642, and State ex rel. Board of Sup’rs of South Florida Conservancy Dist. v. Warren, Fla. 1951, 57 So.2d 337.

KANNER, C. J., and ALLEN and SHANNON, JJ., concur.


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