Owens v. Bond
Supreme Court of Florida
A Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval County; George Couper Gibbs, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtBrowne, C. J.
This ease is here on writ of error from the order of the Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit granting a peremptory and absolute writ of prohibition against certain persons comprising the members of the *496City Council, of Jacksonville, “prohibiting them from exercising jurisdiction to try Frederick C. Roach, as Chief of Police of the City of Jacksonville, for suspension upon the charges preferred against him by John W. Martin as Mayor of the City of Jacksonville.”
Section 3 of Chapter 8281, Special Acts of the Legislature of Florida of 1919, vests in the Mayor power “to suspend any city officer…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- People ex rel. Devery v. JeromeNew York Supreme Court · 1901
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