Florida Statute 157.01 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 157
DRAINAGE BY COUNTIES

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F.S. 157.01

157.01 Public ditch, drain or canal.—Whenever it shall be deemed necessary or expedient, for sanitary or agricultural purposes or conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare, or public utility, or for the benefit of any lands that are low, wet, submerged or liable to become submerged, to establish a public ditch, drain or canal in any of the counties of this state by a majority of those owning the lands through which such proposed ditch, drain or canal shall run or by those owning the greater part of the lands through which such proposed ditch, drain or canal shall run, and by a majority of those owning lands or by those owning the greater part of the lands contiguous thereto, that are benefited by such ditch, drain or canal, the majority of those owning such lands or those owning the greater part of such lands as aforesaid, shall present a petition to the county commissioners of the county in which such ditch, drain or canal is to be located, with a plat of said lands, showing the general course of such proposed ditch, drain or canal, setting forth the cause for the same, its length and the lands to be benefited thereby. Upon filing such petition and plat with the county commissioners, they shall lay the same over until the next regular meeting and give notice by publication at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks, in some newspaper published in the county, of the date when they will consider said petition, citing all persons who may be interested to appear and present any reason why such petition should not be granted.

History.—s. 1, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 950; s. 1, ch. 6457, 1913; s. 1, ch. 6958, 1915; s. 1, ch. 7307, 1917; RGS 1734; CGL 2785; s. 7, ch. 90-279.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 157.01

Total Results: 14

Graves v. City of Pompano Beach ex rel. City Commission

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-11-23

Citation: 74 So. 3d 595, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 18739

Snippet: development.” Pompano Beach, Fla., Code Ordinances § 157.01 (emphasis added). A “plat” is defined as: A map

Graves v. POMPANO BEACH EX REL. CITY COM'N

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-11-23

Citation: 74 So. 3d 595

Snippet: development." POMPANO BEACH, FLA., CODE ORDINANCES § 157.01 (emphasis added). A "plat" is defined as: A map

Maslow v. Edwards

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-04-15

Citation: 59 So. 3d 299, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 5416, 2011 WL 1431522

Snippet: child support, and this figure was found to be $157.[1] The court then added this figure to the $159 per

Palm Beach County Ex Rel. Adoption of Tgl

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-10-21

Citation: 606 So. 2d 730, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 10995, 1992 WL 295463

Snippet: alternative was pursued. See Coskey, 599 So.2d at 157.[1] In accord with the above we reverse and remand

Walker v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-01-23

Citation: 501 So. 2d 156, 37 Educ. L. Rep. 737, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 316, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 6460

Snippet: which the person is charged shall be classified: *157(1) In the case of an assault, as a misdemean- or of

State v. Riley

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-10-16

Citation: 476 So. 2d 1354, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2382

Snippet: cases of Diehl v. State, 9 FLW 2505 [461 So.2d 157], 1 DCA, Fla., 12/3/84, Brennan v. State, 417 So.2d

Gilbert v. Gilbert

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-01-27

Citation: 447 So. 2d 299

Snippet: (1963). According to 2 A. Scott, The Law of Trusts § 157.1 (3d ed. 1967) (footnotes omitted): Dependents of

Tom Bush Volkswagen, Inc. v. Kuntz

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-03-29

Citation: 429 So. 2d 398, 35 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 1176

Snippet: correct one. See also Restatement of Restitution § 157(1)(b). The denial of a set-off is reversed. *400 We

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1975-07-15

Snippet: regard, see Eddings v. Davidson,302 So.2d 155, 157 (1 D.C.A. Fla., 1974), for the proposition that "the

Miller v. Florida Inland Navigation District

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1961-06-01

Citation: 130 So. 2d 615, 1961 Fla. App. LEXIS 2770

Snippet: delegated by Section 2785 et seq., C.G.L., now F.S. § 157.01 et seq., F.S.A., brought a petition in eminent

Randall v. Randall

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1947-02-21

Citation: 29 So. 2d 238, 158 Fla. 502, 1947 Fla. LEXIS 557

Snippet: In Re Burkhardt v. Circuit Court etc., 146 Fla. 157, 1 So.2d 872. In the case of Thompson v. Thompson

Parr v. Fort Pierce Bank & Trust Co.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1930-10-21

Citation: 130 So. 445, 100 Fla. 941

Snippet: Inst. (6th Ed.) 857; Byles on Bills (7th Ed.) 157; 1 Parsons on Notes and Bills, 278; Hughes v. Nelson

Phillips v. Lowenstein

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1926-01-23

Citation: 107 So. 350, 91 Fla. 89

Snippet: line 157 1/2 feet, thence northerly at right angles 415 feet, thence easterly at right angles 157 1/2 feet

Armstrong, Cator & Co. v. Holland

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1895-01-15

Citation: 35 Fla. 160

Snippet: Lake Shore Banking Co. vs. Fuller, 110 Penn. St. 157, 1 Atl. Rep. 731. We do not hold that our assignment