Nichols v. State ex rel. Bolon

O’CONNELL, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal we are asked to declare unconstitutional that portion of Chapter 29279, Special Acts of 1953, which requires that the City Commissioners of the City of Melbourne shall have been “ * * * freeholder electors of the city for at least one year immediately preceding their qualifying for office * *

Appellant, Ted Nichols, and appellee, Leslie Bolon, were opposing candidates for the office of City Commissioner of the City of Melbourne. Nichols was elected, but before he was seated Bolon brought suit in circuit court challenging Nichols’ qualifications.…