Butterworth v. Espey

The appellants, Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General of the State of Florida, Ross E. Brittain, Audrey R. Greenberg, Don A. Anders, Kathleen Bell, and Beatrice M. Griswold, challenge a final judgment refusing to grant a writ of quo warranto. We affirm.

This dispute arose out of appellee John R. Espey’s election as a member of the Pinellas County School Board. The appellants contend that the appellee is not qualified to serve as a member of the school board because he was not a resident of the residence area from which he was elected at the time he filed his qualifying papers or subsequent…