State Ex Rel. Davis v. State Board of Administration

This is a case of original jurisdiction in mandamus which is now before the Court on the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ, the' return of respondents to the contrary notwithstanding.

The object of the proceeding is to require the respondent members of the Board of Administration of the State of Florida to perform the acts necessary to pay to the relator, a holder of matured bonds of a Special Road and Bridge District, his pro rata share of the funds which were in the Board’s hands at the time of the service of the alternative writ, which had been raised by ad valorem taxes on the…