Case Name: W. Wirt CULBERTSON, as Tax Assessor of Metropolitan Dade County, et al., Petitioners, v. SEACOAST TOWERS EAST, INC., a Florida corporation, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1970-06-17
Citations: 236 So. 2d 761
Docket Number: No. 39539
Parties: W. Wirt CULBERTSON, as Tax Assessor of Metropolitan Dade County, et al., Petitioners, v. SEACOAST TOWERS EAST, INC., a Florida corporation, Respondent.
Judges: ERVIN, C. J., and DREW, THORNAL, CARLTON and ADKINS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 236
Pages: 761–761

Head Matter:
W. Wirt CULBERTSON, as Tax Assessor of Metropolitan Dade County, et al., Petitioners, v. SEACOAST TOWERS EAST, INC., a Florida corporation, Respondent.
No. 39539.
Supreme Court of Florida.
June 17, 1970.
Thomas C. Britton, County Atty., and John G. Fletcher, Asst. County Atty., for petitioners.
Richard P. Kenney of Williams, Salomon & Kenney, Miami, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The District Court of Appeal, Third District, certified to this Court that its decision in the instant case, reported at 232 So.2d 753 (3rd D.C.A.Fla.1970),
"'[P]asses upon a question of great public interest' in that it construes the meaning of the term 'substantially completed' as used in § 193.11 (4) Fla.Stat. [F.S.A.] and therefore affects the collection of taxes in this state."
After consideration of the arguments, briefs and the record presented in this cause, we conclude that the District Court's opinion correctly interprets the applicable law and properly construes the meaning of the term "substantially completed" in light of the facts in the case.
The writ is discharged.
It is so ordered.
ERVIN, C. J., and DREW, THORNAL, CARLTON and ADKINS, JJ., concur.