Vaux v. North St. Lucie River Drainage District
Vaux v. North St. Lucie River Drainage District
Opinion of the Court
This appeal is from a decree dismissing a bill of complaint seeking to recover a portion of the drainage taxes ¡paid by appellant to appellee for the year 1934. It appears that the taxes were legally assessed, were due, and were-voluntarily paid, but the theory on which recovery is sought is that after appellant paid- his’taxes-, appellee made *31 material reduction on the taxes of other taxpayers in the district.
Appellant had a right to require other taxpayers to pay on the same basis that he did, but there is no authority to recover a tax legally assessed and paid when due, there being no question as to its reasonableness. Johnson v. Atkins, 44 Fla. 185, 32 So. 879; City of Orlando v. Gill, 128 Fla. 139, 174 So. 224.
Affirmed.
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