Strickland v. Knight
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the court En Banc. Appealed from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough county. The facts in the case ^ire stated in the opifiion of the court.
1Dissent
Hocker, J.,
dissenting. — I can not concur in the opinion of the majority of the court in this case sustaining the decree below holding that there is no equity in the bill. In 1 Spelling on Injunctions and other Extraordinary Remedies, sec. 609, p. 504, it is said: “The general rule governing the jurisdiction in equity against public officers' is that equity will interpose in behalf of individuals to restrain all illegal and unauthorized acts by them under color and claim of official authority which tend to impair public rights or will result in irreparable or serious injury to private…
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