STATE v. SHIELDS

No. D-65.

140 So.2d 144 (1962)

The STATE of Florida, Upon the Relation of J.O. POPE, Appellant, v. Curtis SHIELDS, Luther Franklin, W.G. Moore, Jack Ward, Sr., R.G. Bullock and the Town of St. Marks, an Alleged Municipal Corporation under the Laws of the State of Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caldwell, Parker, Foster, Madigan & Oven, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Williams & Owen, Tallahassee, for appellees.


STURGIS, Judge.

The appellant, a resident and taxpayer in an area proposed to be incorporated as the Town of St. Marks, Florida, pursuant to Chapter 61-2764, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1961, petitioned the Circuit Court of Wakulla County for a writ of quo warranto, challenging the validity of a referendum election called under the Act and the authority of the appellees to exercise power as municipal officials who undertook...

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