Judges: WHITFIELD, J.
Attorneys: H.H. Wells, B.K. Roberts and William K. Whitfield, all of Tallahassee, for Appellant;
Waller Meginniss, LeRoy Collins, Emmet Safay and Cary D. Landis, Attorney General, and W.P. Allen, Assistant Attorney General, for Appellees;
Edward S. Hemphill and Nathan J. Roberts, as Amici Curiae.
Filed: Sep. 30, 1937
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: On September 21, 1937, plaintiff filed his bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of Leon County, Florida, against J.M. Lee, as Comptroller of the State of Florida, and Frank Stoutamire, as Sheriff of Leon County, Florida, and sheriffs of many other counties of Florida, seeking a restraining order against the defendants. It is alleged in the bill of complaint, among other things, that the plaintiff, subsequent to the enactment of Chapter 17257, Acts of 1935, session of the Legislature, purchased
Summary: On September 21, 1937, plaintiff filed his bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of Leon County, Florida, against J.M. Lee, as Comptroller of the State of Florida, and Frank Stoutamire, as Sheriff of Leon County, Florida, and sheriffs of many other counties of Florida, seeking a restraining order against the defendants. It is alleged in the bill of complaint, among other things, that the plaintiff, subsequent to the enactment of Chapter 17257, Acts of 1935, session of the Legislature, purchased ..
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I concur in the position taken by Mr. Justice Buford in regard to the effect of Section 22 of the Declaration of Rights under the facts of this case, considered in connection with the contract rights referred to.
