STATE EX REL. ERVIN v. COTNEY


104 So.2d 346 (1958)

STATE of Florida, ex rel. Richard W. ERVIN, as Attorney General of the State of Florida, Petitioner, v. Hoyt B. COTNEY, Chairman, Ben Zellner, D.W. Wilkinson, Fro Strickland, Kenneth LaRue, Mrs. J.I. Triplett, III, Dr. Luke Glennan, John H. Pace, Jr., S. Bryan Jennings, G.E. Wiggins, M.H. Dyson, AND Mrs. R.G. Jensen, individually and as constituting the Clay County Development Authority, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 27, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Charles T. Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Scruby & Yonge, Orange Park, and Patterson, Freeman, Richards & Watson, Jacksonville, for Respondents.


ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an original proceeding in quo warranto initiated by the Attorney General, challenging the validity of Chapter 57-1226, Special Acts of Florida, 1957, and the actions of the Clay County Development Authority, created by such Special Act, already or proposed to be taken thereunder.

Under the terms of the Special Act in question, the Clay County Development Authority was created "for the purpose of performing such acts as shall be necessary...

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