Lee v. Dowda

BROWN, J.:

The respondents here, plaintiffs in the court below, filed a bill in equity in the Circuit Court of Leon County against the petitioner here, defendant in the court below, to require the defendant as Comptroller of the State of Florida, by way of mandatory injunction, to carry out Section 14 of the General Appropriation Bill adopted by the Legislature of 1943 which section had been vetoed by the Governor, alleging in the bill that the Governor’s veto was invalid. The respondent Comptroller filed a motion to dismiss the bill. The chancellor denied the motion to dismiss and transferred…