GRISWALD v. STATE EX REL. BARROW

No. A-475.

119 So.2d 428 (1960)

C.E. GRISWALD, Chief of Police of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida ex rel. Tom BARROW, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

April 12, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fisher & Hepner, Pensacola, for appellant.

Powell & Barrow, Crestview, for appellee.


WIGGINTON, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from a final judgment entered in a habeas corpus proceeding discharging appellee from the custody of appellant Chief of Police upon the court's determination that the ordinance in violation of which appellee was arrested and restrained of his liberty was invalid.

The municipal charter granted the City of Fort Walton Beach in 1947,1 among other things, conferred upon the city the authority...

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