STATE v. DICKINSON

Nos. 35724, 35689.

196 So.2d 105 (1966)

STATE of Florida ex rel. William C. Butscher, Jr., Ernest Ross and Boncele E. Hood, Relators, v. Fred O. DICKINSON, Jr., As Comptroller of the State of Florida, Gerald Conrad, As Tax Assessor of Bay County, Florida, R.R. Walden, As Tax Assessor of Hillsborough County, Florida, Harry Schooley, As Tax Assessor of Lee County, Florida, and Ernest C. Nott, Sr., As Tax Assessor of Marion County, Florida, Respondents. STATE of Florida ex rel. Barbara J. WILLIAMS, Relator, v. Fred O. DICKINSON, Jr., As Comptroller of the State of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Ervin and Joseph C. Jacobs, of Ervin, Pennington, Varn & Jacobs, Tallahassee, and William G. O'Neill, Ocala, for William C. Butscher, Jr., Ernest Ross and Boncele E. Hood.

Albert I. Caskill, Miami, for Barbara J. Williams.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Robert A. Chastain, W.R. Phillips, T.T. Turnbull, Edward D. Cowart, and W.E. Bishop, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., and Charles D. McClure, Tallahassee, for Fred O. Dickinson.

Mayo C. Johnston, of Davenport, Johnston, Harris & Urquhart, Panama City, for Gerald Conrad.

Wm. Terrell Hodges, of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison, Kelly & Himes, Tampa, for R.R. Walden.

Stewart & Stewart, Orlando, for Harry Schooley.

Wallace Dunn, Ocala, for Ernest C. Nott, Sr.

Willard Ayres, Ocala, for Clarence Shealy, and Members of Board of County Commissioners, Marion County.

William B. Leath, Panama City, for Bay County.

Frank A. Pavese, Fort Meyers, for Lee County, amicus curiae.


CALDWELL, Justice.

These cases, consolidated for the purposes of review and decision, are here on petitions for writ of mandamus.

Alternative writs issued in both cases directed to Fred O. Dickinson, as Comptroller of the State of Florida, requiring him to show cause why he should not be required to refuse acceptance of 1966 tax rolls of Bay, Hillsborough, Lee and Marion Counties, and to the tax assessors of those counties, directing them to show cause why...

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