State Ex Rel. Board of Elections v. Johnson

— An alternative'writ of mandamus was issued to the respondent, as City Clerk of the City of Tampa, Florida, directing that he deliver to the relators as constituting the Board of Elections for the City of Tampa, Florida, all registration books, ballot boxes and all other election records and equipment of the City of Tampa, Florida, or show cause why he should not be required so to do.

The essential allegations upon which the alternative writ issued are that by virtue of an act of the Legislature passed at its 1931 session, known as Senate Bill No. 512, the relators organized and took office…