Smith v. Ayres

This appeal comes directly to this Court under Article V, Section 4(2), of the Florida Constitution, F.S.A., authorizing an appeal to this Court from “final * * * decrees directly passing upon the validity of a state statute * *

These consolidated cases questioned the constitutionality of Chapter 29326, Laws of Florida, 1953, authorizing the City of Ocala to annex adjacent territory as well as the legality of the procedure adopted by the City in holding and conducting said election and declaring the results thereof. In view of our conclusion that the final decree of the able chancellor below…