JOHN C. BLOCKER
v.
CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG
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This case reviews a decree that dismissed a complaint seeking to enjoin the issuance of hospital revenue certificates by the City of St. Petersburg. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal, holding that the certificates, payable solely from hospital operations, did not require a freeholder vote.
No, the issuance of Hospital Revenue Certificates payable solely from the revenues of a municipal hospital does not require an approving vote of the freeholder electors.
“The appeal herein is from a decree dismissing a bill of complaint s'eeking to enjoin the issue of $110,000.00 of Hospital Revenue Certificates by the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, without an approving vote of the freeholder electors of the city, as required by Section 6, Article IX, Constitution, as amended in 1930, the purpose of the issue being for improvements and additions to the existing municipal hospital of the City of St. Petersburg.”
This quote describes the core of the case: the appellant's attempt to enjoin the issuance of revenue certificates and their legal basis for doing so.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligenceThe City of St. Petersburg proposed to issue $110,000.00 in Hospital Revenue Certificates for improvements to its municipal hospital. These certificat…
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— The appeal herein is from a decree dismissing a bill of complaint s'eeking to enjoin the issue of $110,000.00 of Hospital Revenue Certificates by the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, without an approving vote of the freeholder electors of the city, as required by Section 6, Article IX, Constitution, as amended in 1930, the purpose of the issue being for improvements and additions to the existing municipal hospital of the City of St. Petersburg.
The Hospital Revenue Certificates are to be paid solely from the operation of the said municipal hospital and not otherwise.
*157The decree dismissing the bill of complaint should be affirmed on the authority of State, ex rel., v. City of Miami, 113 Fla. 280, 152 So. 6, and other like cases. See Boykin v. Town of River Junction, Roach v. City of Tampa, State, ex rel. Vero Beach, v. MacConnell, No. 1, Williams v. Town of Dunnellon, Bradley v. City of Homestead, and other like cases decided at this term.
Whitfield, C. J., and Terrell, Brown, Buford and Davis, J. J., concur.
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