State Supreme Court / Fla.

Ideal Farms Drainage District v. Certain Lands

Decided May 9, 1944. Alto L. Adams wrote the opinion for the court.

19 So. 2d 234 · Cited 190 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Metropolitan Railroad v. District of Columbia · 132 U.S. 1
Bristol v. Washington County · 177 U.S. 133
American Bakeries Co. v. City of Haines City · 180 So. 524
Amos v. Conkling · 126 So. 283
Dranga v. Rowe · 59 P. 944
Lemhi County Ex Rel. Gilbreath v. Boise Livestock Loan Co. · 278 P. 214
Hayes v. Belleair Development Co. · 162 So. 698
Rosedale School District No. 5 v. Towner County · 216 N.W. 212
Arnold v. State Ex Rel. Mallison · 2 So. 2d 874
In Re: Estate of Art Ratliff · 188 So. 128
State of Florida v. Simpson · 114 So. 542
City of Los Angeles v. County of Los Angeles · 9 Cal. 2d 624

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