State Ex Rel. Taylor v. Gray

SEBRING, J:

Robert R. Taylor has instituted an original mandamus proceeding in this Court naming as the respondent Honorable R. A. Gray as Secretary of the State of Florida. The' respondent has filed a motion to quash the alternative writ, and an answer. The relator has filed a motion for a peremptory writ notwithstanding the return, to be ruled on in the event the motion to quash is denied. The whole issue is now before the court for final determination.

The alternative writ avers in substance as follows: A primary election is to be held in Dade County, Florida, on May 7, 1946 for the purpose…