STATE EX REL. ERVIN v. MELLICK


68 So.2d 824 (1953)

STATE ex rel. ERVIN et al. v. MELLICK.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Boone D. Tillett, Jr., Tallahassee, for plaintiffs.

Walter W. Woolfolk and R.E. Bradley, Jr., Lake Wales, for defendant.


SEBRING, Justice.

On September 8, 1953, the Attorney General, in the name and by the authority of the State of Florida, instituted a quo warranto proceeding to try the right and title of one K.M. Mellick to have and exercise the franchises and powers appertaining to the office of chief of police of the City of Lake Wales, Florida, and to establish the claim of one J.V. Cooper to the office.

As we understand the record, the mayor of Lake Wales, on June 19,...

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