Supreme Court of Florida
The Everglades Sugar & Land Company, a Corporation, the Everglades Land Sales Company, a Corporation, and The…
February 2, 192181 Fla. 75
Summary
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the lower court's decree sustaining the demurrer, holding that the State's exercise of its police power to levy drainage taxes on swamp and overflowed lands within the Everglades Drainage District is valid, that the Internal Improvement Fund may be used statewide for drainage purposes, and that the plaintiffs lack a right to enjoin those assessments.