“Primacy of position in our State Constitution is accorded to the Declaration of Rights. . . . These Declarations of Rights . . . have cost much, and breathe the spirit of that sturdy and self-reliant philosophy of individualism which underlies and supports our entire system of government.”
How later courts described this case
- “Primacy of position in our State Constitution is accorded to the Declaration of Rights. . . . These Declarations of Rights . . . have cost much, and breathe the spirit of that sturdy and self-reliant philosophy of individualism which underlies and supports our entire system of government.”
- sufficient “community of interest” should exist between the annexed and annexing areas.
- establishment of municipal boundaries is exclusively legislative power
Written by the judges who cited it.
Distinguished
Distinguished by State ex rel. Bower v. City of Tampa, 1975 Fla. App. LEXIS 14163 (1975)
Davis v. City of Stuart, 1929, 97 Fla. 69, 120 So. 335, ousting outlying remote areas, are inapplicable in a case such as this where, although municipal services are not rendered, taxes are not paid.
The opinion
Since the above was written and the action therein indicated taken by this Court, the respondent has signified to the Court that it has no desire to file an amended answer.
It is therefor ordered that the judgment of ouster be entered as prayed.
TERRELL, C. J. AND WHITFIELD, ELLIS, STRUM AND BUFORD, J. J., concur.