State v. Bryan
Citation | 50 Fla. 293,39 So. 929 |
Parties | STATE ex rel. MOODIE et al. v. BRYAN et al. |
Decision Date | 19 December 1905 |
Court | Florida Supreme Court |
In Banc. Quo warranto by the state, by W. H. Ellis, Attorney General, upon the relation of F. B. Moodie and others against N. P. Bryan and others, as the state board of control. Demurrer sustained, and information quashed.
Rehearing denied January 23, 1906.
COUNSEL A. J. Henry, Cooper & Cooper, and M. M Scarborough, Jr., for relators.
A. W Cockrell & Son, H. H. Buckman, and Fred T. Myers, for respondents. The Florida Legislature, at its session of 1905, enacted the following statute:
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