Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Davis v. City of Avon Park

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 11, 1934PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.

This is a quo warranto proceeding instituted in this Court by the'Attorney General, joined by numerous co-relators, seeking to oust the City of Avon Park from the exercise of municipal powers over certain lands alleged to have been unconstitutionally added to or embraced within the limits of the City by legislative enactment. By a divided Court, the démurrer of the relators to the City’s amended answer was overruled, and the Court then held that as the answer presented issues of fact which the parties had the right to have determined by a jury trial, and that inasmuch as “this Court is…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Attorney General v. VailSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  2. Chumasero v. PottsMontana Supreme Court · 1875
  3. State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. City of Avon ParkSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  4. State Ex Rel. v. Cobb, County JudgeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
  5. State ex rel. Attorney General v. MessmoreWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  4. STATE, DEPT. OF HLTH. & REHAB. SERVICES v. HollisDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  5. State Ex Rel. Renaldi v. SandstromDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973

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