STATE v. COCHRAN


112 So.2d 1 (1959)

STATE of Florida on the relation of the VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH, a municipal corporation, Relator, v. H.G. COCHRAN, as Director of the Beverage Department of the State of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Dexter Douglass of Hall, Hartwell & Douglass, Tallahassee, for relator.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., George E. Owen, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sam Pasco, Tallahassee, for respondent.


O'CONNELL, Justice.

This cause is before us on an alternative writ of mandamus issued by this Court to the respondent, H.G. Cochran, as Director of the Beverage Department of the State of Florida, on petition of the Village of North Palm Beach, an incorporated municipality. The respondent has filed an answer and motion to quash and we have heard argument of the parties.

The alternative writ of mandamus directed the respondent beverage director to rescind and...

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