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COBO v. O'BRYANT

116 So.2d 233 (1959)

Dr. Delio COBO, as Mayor of the City of Key West, Bill G. Chappell, as governing body member of the Utility Board of the City of Key West and the City of Key West, Florida, Appellants, v. Horace O'BRYANT, Ernest A. Ramsey, and Benjamin N. Adams, Also known as Ben Adams, as and constituting the Citizen Members of the Utility Board of the City of Key West, Florida, Appellees. CITY OF KEY WEST, Florida, Appellant, v. Agnes P. LOWE, as Assistant City Clerk, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 4, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hilary U. Albury, Key West, and Anderson & Nadeau, Miami, for appellants.

J. Lancelot Lester, M. Ignatius Lester, Key West, W.G. Ward, Miami, and Weldon G. Starry, Tallahassee, for appellees.

THORNAL, Justice.

The appellants in each of the above styled cases seek reversal of separate decrees of the Chancellor affirming the validity of certain acts of the Legislature regulating aspects of the government of the City of Key West.

Numerous points are assigned for consideration, however, the determining aspects of the problem are whether a Florida municipality is endowed with powers of local self-government, and, the extent of legislative control over...

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