State Ex Rel. Landis v. O'Quinn

-The Legislature of 1937 enacted Senate Bill 1024 providing a new charter for the City of Hialeah, repealing the old charter and changing the government of the city from the aldermanic to the commission form. The new commissioners were named in the Act.

The mayor and councilmen under the old charter refused to surrender the records, offices and seal of the city to the new: commissioners. On such refusal being brought to the attention of the Attorney General, he filed an information in quo warranto in this Court suggesting that the mayor and councilmen under the old charter were unlawfully…