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STATE EX REL. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY v. ASKEW

No. 42461.

267 So.2d 827 (1972)

STATE of Florida ex rel. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Petitioner, v. Reubin O'Donovan ASKEW, Governor of the State of Florida, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Simon, Dade County Atty. and Alan T. Dimond, Asst. Dade County Atty., for petitioner.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Barry S. Richard, Deputy Atty. Gen., and M. Stephen Turner, Tallahassee, for respondents.

George W. Wright, Jr. and Karl B. Block, Jr., of Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody & Cole, Miami, for third-party respondent.

McCAIN, Justice.

This is an original proceeding in mandamus. An alternative writ was issued and a return has been filed.

In 1961, Aerojet-General Corporation, as lessee, entered into a 10-year lease agreement for a tract of land in Dade County. Lessors were the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund and The Board of Education of the State of Florida. The agreement gave Aerojet an option to purchase the land from the lessors at any time within the 10-year...

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