State ex rel. Buford v. Daniel
Supreme Court of Florida
A Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval County; Daniel A. Simmons, Judge. STATEMENT. An information in the nature of Quo Warranto Med in the Circuit Court by the Attorney General contains allegations as follows: “Comes now the State of Florida, on the relation of Rivers Buford, Attorney General of the State of Florida, and gives the said court here to understand and be informed that Richard P. Daniel, Robert H. McGinnis, Howard E. Harkisheimer, Waldo E. Cummer, John…
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A Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval County; Daniel A. Simmons, Judge. STATEMENT. An information in the nature of Quo Warranto Med in the Circuit Court by the Attorney General contains allegations as follows: “Comes now the State of Florida, on the relation of Rivers Buford, Attorney General of the State of Florida, and gives the said court here to understand and be informed that Richard P. Daniel, Robert H. McGinnis, Howard E. Harkisheimer, Waldo E. Cummer, John D. Baker, Mrs. Mamye S. Corbett, Mrs. Nellie L. Berlack, Mrs. Annie I. Broward and Mrs. Edith Griffin, all of said Duval…
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, J.,
(after stating the facts.)
In quo warranto proceedings the Attorney General challenges the Constitutional validity of Chapter 9274, Acts of 1923, the various contentions made will be discussed without unnecessary repetition of the grounds of asserted invalidity that are set out in full in the statement.
The requirement of Section 16, Article III of the Constitution is that each law “shall embrace but one subject and matter properly connected therewith, which subject shall be briefly expressed in the title.” As the subject of the Act set out in the státement is the creation of a *280Cou…
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