D'Alemberte v. State ex rel. Mays
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the court En Banc. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Leon County. Statement. On the 27th of July, A. D. 1908, an alternative writ of mandamus was issued by the Honorable John W. Malone Judge of the Circuit Court in and for Leon County, on the relation of Dannitte H. Mays against fourteen persons, including- the plaintiffs in error, reciting in substance : First: That the Democratic Party in the State of Florida, acting under the provisions of…
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This case was decided by the court En Banc. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Leon County. Statement. On the 27th of July, A. D. 1908, an alternative writ of mandamus was issued by the Honorable John W. Malone Judge of the Circuit Court in and for Leon County, on the relation of Dannitte H. Mays against fourteen persons, including- the plaintiffs in error, reciting in substance : First: That the Democratic Party in the State of Florida, acting under the provisions of Chapter 5014, Acts of 1901, Laws of Florida, entitled “An Act to Regulate the Holding of Political Primary Elections in…
1Opinion of the Court
Hocker, J.,
(after stating the facts). The assignments of error not specifically abandoned here are in substance the following:
1. The court erred in overruling the motion by D’Alemberte and other movants named to quash the original alternative writ of mandamus herein.
2. The court erred in overruling the motion to quash the- original alternative writ.
4 and 5. The court erred in sustaining the demurrer of relator to the return to the alternative writ filed by Tom Shuler, and to the additional return by Tom Shuler.
7. The court erred in sustaining the demurrer filed by relator to the return by J.…
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