Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Municipal Bond & Investment Co. v. Knott
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided March 2, 1934PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, C. J.
— Section 11 of Chapter 14899, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1931, was modified by Chapter 16174, Acts of 1933. The bond provision of said Section 11 of the original Act was held unconstitutional in Riley v. Sweat, 110 Fla. 362, 149 Sou. Rep. 48. The object of the 1933 statute was to cure the unconstitutional feature pointed out in the case just cited.
In this case relator is seeking a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the respondents, W. V. Knott, State Treasurer, J. M. Lee, State Comptroller, and Cary D. Landis, Attorney General, as ex officio members of the Florida Securities Commission, to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hall v. Geiger-Jones Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Merrick Et Al. v. N. W. Halsey & Company Et Al., and the Weis Fibre Container CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Caldwell v. Sioux Falls Stock Yards Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- People v. J. O. Beekman & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1931
- Witter v. Massachusetts Bonding & InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1933
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Holley v. AdamsSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
- Burnsed v. Seaboard Coastline Railroad CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1974
- Newman v. CarsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
- Carroll v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
- Dept. of Ins. v. Dade Cty. Consumer Adv.Supreme Court of Florida · 1986
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