Resolution 092-1960 RESOLUTION NO. 92 -1960
WHEREAS, there is pending in the Circuit Court of Monroe County,
Florida, in Chancery, the case of Sigsbee Park, Inc. , a Florida cor-
poration, Plaintiff, vs. Howard E. Wilson, as Tax Collector of Monroe
County, et al. , Defendants, same being docketed under No. 15-1001, seek-
ing the refund of $154, 060. 14 paid by the Plaintiff as ad valorem County
taxes for the years 1953 through 1957, and the cancellation of ad valorem
County taxes assessed for the years 1958 through 1960, but not paid, and
WHEREAS, there is pending in the Circuit Court of Monroe County,
Florida, in Chancery, the case of Peary Court, Inc. , a Florida cor-
poration, Plaintiff, vs. Howard E. Wilson, as Tax Collector of Monroe
County, et al. , Defendants, same being docketed under No. 15-1002, seek-
ing the refund of $62, 725. 98 paid by the Plaintiff as ad valorem County
taxes for the years 1953 through 1957, and the cancellation of ad valorem
County taxes assessed for the years 1958 through 1960, but not paid, and
WHEREAS, proposed compromise and settlement of said suits
has been negotiated, whereby the Plaintiffs waive their rights and claims
for refund of the ad valorem taxes aforesaid paid by the Plaintiffs, and
agree to pay the attorneys' fees and costs incurred by the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, Defendants therein, and the
Defendants agree that the levy and assessment of ad valorem taxes for
the years 1958 through 1960 aforesaid be vacated, cancelled and set aside,
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY. FLORIDA, that proposed stipulations, embodying
provisions for carrying into effect the proposed compromise and settlement
indicated in the preambles of this Resolution, copies of which stipulations
are hereto attached and made a part hereof, be, and the same are hereby
approved, and Paul E. Sawyer and J. Lancelot Lester, attorneys for the
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Defendants, be, and they are hereby authorized to enter into said stipula-
tions, and to take such action as may be proper and necessary to effect
the intent of said stipulations in the compromise and settlement of said
suits.
Dated November 1st, 1960.
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