Peterson v. State Ex Rel. Harvey

BUFORD, J.:

On April 26, 1946, the State of Florida ex rel. Paul W. Harvey filed its petition in mandamus in the Circuit Court of Volusia County, Florida, for an alternative writ of mandamus against John H. Graham, P. J. Peterson, M. H. Ryan, Elmer H. Blank and George C. Beck, as and constituting the Board of County Commissioners of Volusia County, Respondents, to require them within a time set by the Court to fix the boundaries of the County Commissioners’ Districts in Volusia County, Florida, so that each of them is as nearly as possible equal in proportion to population in compliance with…