Legal Opinion

State v. Gleason

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 1, 1868PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWestcott, J.

'Phis is an application for this court to exercise original jurisdiction in the case at bar, which is an information in the nature of a quo warranto instituted in behalf of the State of Florida by Almon R. Mock, its Attorney-General..

Under the first four points of the answer to the rule, the fol lowing questions arise:

Has filiis court original jurisdiction to issue a writ of quo war ranto ? Tf so, do proceedings under an information in the na ture of a quo warranto come within the constitutional grant of power to issue a writ of quo warranto, and is it necessary for the Legislature to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ex Parte BradstreetSupreme Court of the United States · 1833

3Cited by72 opinions

  1. State v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1908
  2. State of Florida Ex Rel. Davis v. City of StuartSupreme Court of Florida · 1929
  3. State ex inf. Hadley v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1909
  4. State Ex Rel. Davis v. RoseSupreme Court of Florida · 1929
  5. State Ex Rel. Dos Anigos, Inc. v. LehmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1930

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