THE BISCAYNE COMPANY, A FLORIDA CORPORATION, AND WILLIAM J. MATHESON, APPELLANTS,
v.
JOHN W. MARTIN, GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA; ERNEST AMOS, COMPTROLLER OF SAID STATE; J. C. LUNING, TREASURER OF SAID STATE; J. B. JOHNSON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SAID STATE; NATHAN MAYO, COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE OF SAID STATE, AS TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND A. O. HENDERSON, APPELLEES
THE BISCAYNE COMPANY, A FLORIDA CORPORATION, AND WILLIAM J. MATHESON, APPELLANTS,
JOHN W. MARTIN, GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA; ERNEST AMOS, COMPTROLLER OF SAID STATE; J. C. LUNING, TREASURER OF SAID STATE; J. B. JOHNSON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SAID STATE; NATHAN MAYO, COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE OF SAID STATE, AS TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND A. O. HENDERSON, APPELLEES
95 Fla. 259
Florida Supreme Court (1928)
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Also reported at: 116 So. 66
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Opinion of the Court
Campbell, Circuit Judge:
This case is a companion ease, and similar in every respect, to the case of Charles Deering et al. v. John W. Martin et al., as Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida, and A. O. Henderson, decided at this term, wherein the decree of the court below was reversed. See 95 Fla. 116, South. Rep. 54.
Under the opinion above mentioned, the decree of the court below in this ease is reversed.
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