Legal Opinion
Watson v. Caldwell
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided October 4, 1946PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUFORD, J.:
Honorable J. Tom Watson as Attorney General for the State of Florida, filed his amended bill of complaint against the defendants, describing them as they are described in the caption hereof.
The defendants filed motion to dismiss the amended bill of complaint and, among other things, pointed out that the defendants were improperly joined in their several capacities as Governor, as Comptroller, as Treasurer and as Commissioner of Agriculture in the suit brought to enjoin the action of those respective officers acting in their capacity as members of the Trustees of the Internal…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- The Pocket Veto CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Higginson v. City of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Holland v. WatsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
- Quintard v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Burton v. Inhabitants of NorwichSupreme Court of Vermont · 1861
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State of Florida Ex Rel. Robert L. Shevin, Attorney General, Plaintiff v. Exxon CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Hansen v. Utah State Retirement BoardUtah Supreme Court · 1982
- Ago, Florida Attorney General Reports1976
- Ago, Florida Attorney General Reports1975
- Ago, Florida Attorney General Reports1978
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