Case Name: Vincent H. CONBOY, and other taxpayers of the City of Naples not named but made parties as members of a class, Appellants, v. The CITY OF NAPLES, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida; Bert L. Pinkston, as the Tax Assessor of and for the City of Naples, and as the Tax Collector of and for the City of Naples; Port Royal, Inc., a Florida corporation; and Fred O. Dickinson, Jr., as Comptroller of the State of Florida, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1970-01-14
Citations: 230 So. 2d 476
Docket Number: No. 69-170
Parties: Vincent H. CONBOY, and other taxpayers of the City of Naples not named but made parties as members of a class, Appellants, v. The CITY OF NAPLES, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida; Bert L. Pinkston, as the Tax Assessor of and for the City of Naples, and as the Tax Collector of and for the City of Naples; Port Royal, Inc., a Florida corporation; and Fred O. Dickinson, Jr., as Comptroller of the State of Florida, Appellees.
Judges: LILES, Acting C. J., and PIERCE and MANN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 230
Pages: 476–476

Head Matter:
Vincent H. CONBOY, and other taxpayers of the City of Naples not named but made parties as members of a class, Appellants, v. The CITY OF NAPLES, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida; Bert L. Pinkston, as the Tax Assessor of and for the City of Naples, and as the Tax Collector of and for the City of Naples; Port Royal, Inc., a Florida corporation; and Fred O. Dickinson, Jr., as Comptroller of the State of Florida, Appellees.
No. 69-170.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.
Jan. 14, 1970.
Robert M. Brake, Coral Gables, for appellants.
David C. Spingler, Naples, for appellees, The City of Naples and Bert L. Pinkston.
Darrey A. Davis of Scott, McCarthy, Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, for appel-lee, Port Royal, Inc.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The opinion of the trial court is affirmed. In regard to the cost judgment, costs are taxable to the appellant at the discretion of the trial judge. See 8 Fla.Jur., Cost § 8, p. 9.
Section 90.231(2), Florida Statutes, 1967, F.S.A., states that:
"Any expert or skilled witness who shall have testified in any cause shall be allowed a witness fee including the cost of any exhibits used by such witness in the amount of ten dollars per hour or such amount as the trial judge may deem reasonable, and the same shall be taxed as costs."
It does not state that the cost of time for preparation of the expert witness's opinion is not includable in the costs.
Affirmed.
LILES, Acting C. J., and PIERCE and MANN, JJ., concur.