# City of Kissimmee v. State Ex Rel. Ben Hur Life Ass'n

> Supreme Court of Florida · October 4, 1935 · 121 Fla. 151

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3398386

## Case

- **Full name:** City of Kissimmee, Et Al., v. State, Ex Rel. Ben Hur Life Association
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** October 4, 1935
- **Citations:** 121 Fla. 151; 163 So. 473
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Brown
- **Judges:** Davis, Whitfield, Terrell, Buford, Brown
- **Cited by:** 8 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Brown, J.
(dissenting). — We have several times held that the proceeds of taxes lawfully levied and collected for one purpose cannot be diverted to another purpose. Oven v. Ausley, 106 Fla. 455 , 143 So. 588 ; Keefe v. Cotton, 106 Fla. 733 , 143 So. 644 ; State v. Board of Public Instruction, 163 So. 8 . See also State v. City of Fort Pierce, 106 Fla. 845 , 143 So. 733 , and the writer’s dissenting opinion in State,
ex rel.
Buckwalter, v. City of Lakeland, 112 Fla. 200 , 150 So. 508, 514 , 90 A. L. R. 704.

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