Judges: DAVIS, J.
Attorneys: Fant Stanley, for Appellants;
R.R. Axtell and W. Gregory Smith, for Appellees.
Filed: Nov. 26, 1935
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: This is an appeal from an interlocutory order granting an injunction. The substance of the complaint was that the Board of County Commissioners of Duval County, Florida, acting in pursuance of Chapter 17534, Acts 1935, Special Laws of Florida, had adopted a resolution calling a special election on October 8, 1935, to determine whether the Duval County St. Johns River Bridge *Page 586 constructed under Chapter 7462, Acts 1917, Special Laws of Florida, should be operated from and after January 1,
Summary: This is an appeal from an interlocutory order granting an injunction. The substance of the complaint was that the Board of County Commissioners of Duval County, Florida, acting in pursuance of Chapter 17534, Acts 1935, Special Laws of Florida, had adopted a resolution calling a special election on October 8, 1935, to determine whether the Duval County St. Johns River Bridge *Page 586 constructed under Chapter 7462, Acts 1917, Special Laws of Florida, should be operated from and after January 1, 1..
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The Act here in question, Chapter 17534, is, in my opinion, invalid, in that it embraces more than one subject, in both its title and in the body of the Act, thus clearly violating Section 16 of Article III of the Constitution. See Colonial Investment Co. v. Nolan, 100 Fla. 1349, 131 So. 2d 178, and cases therein cited. This alone is sufficient to sustain the action of the lower court in granting the injunction.
