STATE EX REL. DAVIS v. ADAMS

No. 39833.

238 So.2d 415 (1970)

STATE of Florida On the Relation of William DAVIS, Relator, v. Tom ADAMS, As Secretary of State of the State of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

On Petition to Intervene and On Rehearing July 21, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe J. Harrell, of Harrell, Wiltshire, Bozeman, Clark & Stone, Pensacola, for relator.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., T.T. Turnbull, and Ronald W. Sabo, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondent.

James J. Ward, Jr., in pro per, as intervenor.


ADKINS, Justice.

This is an original proceeding in mandamus wherein William Davis seeks a writ commanding the Secretary of State to accept his qualifying fee, receive and file the papers required by law of a person qualifying as a candidate and to place Davis' name on the ballot.

Because of the urgency of this litigation, the parties by stipulation argued the merits of the cause on the petition for issuance of alternative...

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