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Ex Parte Beattie

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 25, 1929PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtTerrell, C. J.

At the general election held in Pinellas county, Florida, in November, 1928, Gladstone R. Beattie and Roy Booth were the only candidates voted for for sheriff of said county. From a canvass of the returns it appeared that Gladstone R. Beattie received a majority of three hundred and twenty-three votes for said office. Soon after the canvass of the votes the State on relation of Roy Booth filed in the Circuit Court of Pinellas County a petition for mandamus seeking a recount of the votes east for sheriff in certain precincts of said county. The alternative writ was granted, return and pleas…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Knott v. HaskellSupreme Court of Florida · 1916
  2. State ex rel. Attorney-General v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
  3. State ex rel. Drew v. McLinSupreme Court of Florida · 1876
  4. Nuccio v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Florida · 1929
  5. State ex rel. H. W. Metcalf Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of Florida · 1908

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Buckwalter v. City of LakelandSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  2. State Ex Rel. Watkins v. FernandezSupreme Court of Florida · 1932
  3. State Ex Rel. Tullidge v. HollingsworthSupreme Court of Florida · 1931

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