State Ex Rel. Swanson v. Strickland

(dissenting). — The relators, Swanson, Baxter and Ryan were officers and members of the Broward County Port Authority, the governing body of the Broward County Port District created by Chapter 15107, Laws of Florida, 1931.

At the time of the enactment of that statute, Swanson, Ryan, Wray and Sherwin were the members of the old Broward County Port Authority created by Chapter 12562, Laws of 1927, and amended by Chapter 13940, Laws of 1929. Sherwin died after the enactment of Chapter 15107, supra, and Baxter was appointed by the Governor to succeed him as a member of the Port Authority.

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