High v. City of Jacksonville

Citations

• 51 Fla. 207

Syllabus

<p>1. Chapter 4872 of the Laws of 1899, is a special law, applicable to the city of Jacksonville, and the third section thereof, requiring written notice of claims for damages to be given the Mayor as a condition precedent for the maintenance of a suit for such damages, is not repealed by, or in conflict with, Chapter 4722 of the laws passed at the same session of the legislature; and in a declaration against the city for the recovery of such damages as are embraced in the former act, it is necessary to allege that the notice thereby required to be given was given, and a declaration lacking such allegation is demurrable.</p>