B. E. CARTER, ET AL.,
v.
J. M. BURNETT, AS TAX COLLECTOR
B. E. CARTER, ET AL.,
J. M. BURNETT, AS TAX COLLECTOR
116 Fla. 699
Florida Supreme Court (1934)
Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 156 So. 698
Cited by 2 cases
Opinion of the Court
The appeal in this case s'eeks to reverse the decree of the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County. The correctness of the decree depends upon whether or not Chapter 12412, Acts 1927, is .constitutional and valid.
The pertinent questions concerning the validity of that Act which are presented in this appeal were considered by the Court and determined adversely, to appellants’ contentions' in the case of Hiers, Sheriff, v. Mitchell, 95 Fla. 345, 116 Sou. 81.
Therefore, the decree should be affirmed and it is so ordered.
Affirmed.
Whitfield, P. J., and Brown and Buford, J. J., concur.
Terrell, J., concurs in the opinion and judgment.
Davis, C. J., disqualified.
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Citator
Cited By
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State v. Simpson, 122 Fla. 582 (Fla. 1935)…n the City of Tampa, as against the objection that any such enormous tax was confiscatory and a violation of both the State and Federal Constitutions. That ruling the Supreme Court of the United States has refused to disturb. See: Carter v. Burnett, 116 Fla. 699, 156 Sou. Rep. 698, 294 U. S. 697, 55 Sup. Ct. 547, 79 L. Ed. 1234. Certainly if a special $10.00 a month special school tax is constitutionally justified on a little independent automobile tire and tube dealer whose stock in trade may be worth no m…
Authorities Cited
- Hiers v. Mitchell, 95 Fla. 345 (Fla. 1928)