CONNER v. JOE HATTON, INC.

No. 37574.

216 So.2d 209 (1968)

Doyle CONNER, As Commissioner of Agriculture, Appellant, v. JOE HATTON, INC., a Florida Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 23, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., R.O. Chastain, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jack Shoemaker, Resident Atty. Dept. of Agriculture, Thomas H. Johnson, State Atty., M.W. Wells and Raymer F. Maguire, Jr., Orlando, Sp. Counsel for Dept. of Agriculture, for appellant.

Wilfred C. Varn, of Ervin, Pennington, Varn & Jacobs, Tallahassee, for appellee.


ROBERTS, Justice.

The question on this appeal is the validity of Sections 573.17(3) and 573.21(1), Florida Statutes. The question arose in a suit filed by the appellant, as Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Florida, to collect an assessment made against the appellee under the authority of Section 573.21(1) to pay the cost of administering a Sweet Corn Marketing Order promulgated by the Commissioner pursuant to Section 573.17(3). The appellee's defense to...

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