HARRIS v. BRYAN


89 So.2d 601 (1956)

George HARRIS, as Justice of the Peace, et al., Appellants, v. Sarah BRYAN, Individually and as Justice of the Peace, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

September 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter G. Arnold, Jacksonville, Lawrence A. Truett and Truett & Watkins, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Frank T. Cannon, Jacksonville, for Sarah Bryan and J. Henry Blount, Jacksonville, for Joe Hammond, Ray Greene, Joe Burnett, Julian Warren, J.B. Mallard, as and Constituting the Board of County Commissioners of Duval County, appellees.

Harry H. Martin, Jacksonville, as amicus curiae.


O'CONNELL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory decree of the Circuit Court, Duval County, which decree held Chapter 25806, Laws of Florida, Special Acts of 1949, to be unconstitutional.

Sarah Bryan, the Appellee here was the plaintiff in the trial court. She is presently serving as Justice of the Peace in the 2nd Justice of the Peace District, Duval County. The Appellants, who were defendants in the court...

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