STATE OF FLORIDA EX REL. WEST COAST INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT, A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, RELATOR,
v.
A. L. ANDERSON; ROBERT A. FREEZE, JOHN W. BONSEY, LLOYD B. HOPKINS, HARRY R. CHADWICK, JR., AS AND CONSTITUTING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA, MAC S. HAINES, AS TAX ASSESSOR OF PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA, O. S. JASPER, AS TAX COLLECTOR OF PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA, RESPONDENTS

Fla. 2d DCA | 1962-12-21
No. 3748
148 So. 2d 77 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (1962)

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Synopsis

The Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District, denied a petition for a Writ of Mandamus, finding that the relator, a special taxing district, had not demonstrated sufficient grounds for the writ to be issued by the appellate court.


Holding

No, the District Court of Appeal denied the application for the writ.


Key Quotes

“The Relator, West Coast Inland Navigation District, a special taxing district of the State of Florida, has filed a petition in this Court and applied for the issuance of an Alternative Writ of Mandamus directed to A. L. Anderson, Robert A. Freeze, John W. Bonsey, Lloyd B. Hopkins, Harry R. Chadwick, Jr., as and constituting the Board of County Commissioners of Pinellas County, Florida, Mac S. Haines, as Tax Assessor of Pinellas County, Florida, and O. S. Jasper, as Tax Collector of Pinellas County, Florida, and, upon consideration, it is”

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Facts & Procedural History

The West Coast Inland Navigation District, a special taxing district, petitioned the District Court of Appeal for an Alternative Writ of Mandamus. The…

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Opinion of the Court

The Relator, West Coast Inland Navigation District, a special taxing district of the State of Florida, has filed a petition in this Court and applied for the issuance of an Alternative Writ of Mandamus directed to A. L. Anderson, Robert A. Freeze, John W. Bonsey, Lloyd B. Hopkins, Harry R. Chadwick, Jr., as and constituting the Board of County Commissioners of Pinellas County, Florida, Mac S. Haines, as Tax Assessor of Pinellas County, Florida, and O. S. Jasper, as Tax Collector of Pinellas County, Florida, and, upon consideration, it is

Ordered that the application for an Alternative Writ of Mandamus be and the same is hereby denied and the petition is dismissed, without prejudice to institute appropriate proceedings in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida in and for Pinellas County, Florida.


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