State Ex Rel. Ayala v. Knott

The respondent insurance commissioner gave notice to relator, an insurance agent, that pursuant to Section 6 of Chapter 13,663, Acts of 1929, as amended by Section 5 of Chapter 14741, Acts of 1931, he would on a day certain conduct a hearing in Tampa, Florida, for the purpose of determining whether the license or certificate of the relator to do business as such insurance agent should be cancelled.

The relator applied to the circuit court for an alternative writ of prohibition, which was issued and directed to the respondent as insurance commissioner, challenging the sufficiency of the charges…