Beck Griffin v. Game and Fresh Water Fish Comm.

ADAMS, J.:

In this case the 'Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission filed a bill in equity against A. A. Beck and Joe Griffin, et al., seeking to declare certain acts of the Legislature unconstitutional. The State Board of Conservation was allowed to intervene. A final decree was entered for the plaintiff on the pleadings. The appeal raises the question of whether the legislature has the power to enact laws inconsistent with rules of the plaintiff Commission affecting the waters of Lake Okeechobee and certain portions of the St. Johns River.

The plaintiff Commission came into existence by virtue…