Florida Livestock Board v. Gladden

76 So.2d 291 (1954)

FLORIDA LIVESTOCK BOARD, a Body Corporate, Appellant,

v.

W.G. GLADDEN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division A.

December 10, 1954.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Ralph M. McLane, Asst. Atty. Gen., Silas R. Stone, Port St. Joe, for appellant.

Wayne E. Ripley, Jacksonville, for appellee.

MURPHREE, Associate Justice.

Viscular Exanthema, a contagious hog disease, was discovered in Appellee's herd on August 18, 1953. The Florida Livestock Board proceeded to petition the Circuit Court under F.S. chapter 585, F.S.A. to have the hogs submitted for appraisal and destroyed.…