Murphy v. City of Jacksonville

Citations

• 18 Fla. 318

Syllabus

<p>1. Municipal councils of cities and towns in this State are prohibited bylaw from levying taxes for other than the purposes of their own government. They have no power to lay taxes to pay the expenses of detecting and prosecuting persons charged with murder and arson.</p> <p>2. The Mayor and Council of a city or town cannot create an indebtedness to be paid by taxation by offering a reward for the apprehension and conviction of criminals punishable under the laws of this State.</p> <p>3. A demurrer to a plea, however bad the plea may be, reaches back to the declaration, and if that be bad the judgment overruling the demurrer must be sustained.</p>