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RIVERA-CRUZ v. GRAY

104 So.2d 501 (1958)

Rafael A. RIVERA-CRUZ, Appellant, v. R.A. GRAY, as Secretary of State of the State of Florida, Appellee. Verle A. POPE, Appellant, v. R.A. GRAY, as Secretary of State of the State of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthews & Quinton, Miami, for appellants.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Wilson Wright and Ralph M. McLane, Asst. Attys. Gen., and George John Miller, Miami, for appellee.

Howard W. Dixon and Alfred I. Hopkins, Miami, amici curiae.

THOMAS, Justice.

Separate suits were instituted by Rafael A. Rivera-Cruz and Verle A. Pope against the Secretary of State to enjoin him from having placed on the ballots to be used in the general election of 1958 a proposed revision of the Constitution. The purpose of the litigation was to prevent the needless expenditure of public funds — needless, so it was charged, because the legislature had failed to comply with...

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