State Ex Rel. Thompson v. Davis

(dissenting). — The majority opinion rests upon two independent hypotheses, either one of which if true is sufficient to support the conclusion reached. One of those hypotheses definitely repudiates the law as announced in the case of Amos v. Gunn, 84 Fla. 285, 94 South. Rep. 615, and reaffirmed in the case of State, ex rel. Cunningham, v. Davis, 123 Fla. 41, 166 South. Rep. 289. In the other the law as announced in the Gunn case, supra, is definitely adopted and affirmed.

The first hypothesis is that a bill passed by the Legislature may be enrolled and “signed by stated Legislative officers”…