Court Opinion

ID: 3398386
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-05 19:08:25.300411+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:34:30.433058
License: Public Domain

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.2d 588; Keefe v. Cotton, 106 Fla. 733, 143 So.2d 644; State v. Board of Public Instruction, 163 So.2d 8. See also State v. City of Fort Pierce,106 Fla. 845, 143 So.2d 733, and the writer's dissenting opinion in State, ex rel. Buckwalter, v. City of Lakeland, 112 Fla. 200,150 So.2d 508, 514, 90 A.L.R. 704.