39 Fla. 137 | Fla. | 1897
This court has more than once recognized the propriety of enforcing by mandamus the execution of tax: deeds by clerks of the Circuit Courts upon tax certificates presented after the period of redemption has expired, the holders thereof having complied with all conditions entitling them to such deeds. State ex rel. Warwick vs. Jordan, 36 Fla. 1, 17 South. Rep. 742; State ex rel. Lewis vs. Bradshaw 35 Fla. 313, 17 South. Rep. 642; Hull vs. State ex rel. Rollins, 29 Fla. 79; 11 South. Rep. 97. And there can be no doubt that mandamus is the proper remedy in such cases. 2 Blackwell on Taxation, sec. 734; Black on Tax Titles, sec. 388.
Respondent, though represented by an array of eminent counsel in the court below, has not seen tit to
The Circuit Court erred in quashing the petition, and its judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings in accordance with law and this opinion.