Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad v. State ex rel. Mayor
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of error to the Circuit Court' for Lake county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylok, J. :
On the 11th of March, 1893, an alternative writ of mandamus was granted and issued by the judge of the Circuit Court in and for Lake county, in the Seventh Judicial Circuit, upon the petition of the State on the relation of the mayor, inhabitants and town of Tavares against the corporate plaintiff in error, the Flor*498ida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company. Upon the denial of a motion to quash the alternative writ, and the sustaining of a demurrer to the respondent’s answer, a peremptory writ was awarded, and from this judgment the respondent takes error.
The alternative writ,…
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