State Ex Rel. Swanson v. Strickland

This quo warranto relates to the Broward County Port District. * The controversy involved concerns the personnel of its officers.

In a proceeding filed at this term of' Court we have held that the Governor had no authority, absent some legislative sanction other than the Act of 1931 (Chapter 15107, Special Acts 1931) to make appointments of members of the Broward County Port District. State, ex rel. Landis, Attorney Gen., v. Baxter, 122 Fla. 312, 165 Sou. 271 (opinion filed January 2, 1936). In an earlier decision we held that the 1931 statute governing the Port District contemplated the…