W. D. COKER, AS CHAIRMAN, ETC., ET AL.,
v.
WADE SNELL, ET AL., AS TRUSTEES, ETC.
AI-generated. These summaries, headnotes, and key points are machine-generated and may contain errors or omissions. Always verify against the full opinion text below. Not legal advice.
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's judgment awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus. The writ required the County Board of Public Instruction to employ certain teachers for a specific school district. The Court found the judgment should be affirmed based on prior rulings, despite a motion to dismiss the writ of error for procedural non-compliance.
Yes, the judgment awarding the peremptory writ of mandamus should be affirmed. The Court found that the case was controlled by prior decisions of the Florida Supreme Court.
“The writ of error brings for review judgment awarding peremptory writ of mandamus in a suit instituted by the Board of Trustees of Special Tax School District No. 1 in Okeechobee County to require the County Board of Public Instruction of Okeechobee County, Florida, to employ certain teachers for the school year 1938-1939 for Special Tax School District No. 1 in said county.”
Describes the nature of the case and the relief sought in the lower court.
Previewing 1 of 3 key quotes on this case — the court’s exact language, pinpointed for members.
Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligenceThe Board of Trustees of Special Tax School District No. 1 in Okeechobee County sued the County Board of Public Instruction. The lawsuit sought a writ…
The full statement of facts, procedural history, and disposition for this case are member content.
Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence© FLexlaw, Inc. — AI-generated enrichments are proprietary. All rights reserved.
Explore caselaw by topic → Browse Peremptory Writ Of Mandamus cases and more on FLexlaw
The writ of error brings for review judgment awarding peremptory writ of mandamus in a suit instituted by the Board of Trustees of Special Tax School District No. 1 in Okeechobee County to require the County Board of Public Instruction of Okeechobee County, Florida, to employ certain teachers for the school year 1938-1939 for Special Tax School District No. 1 in said county.
There is no' bill of exceptions in the record.
There is before us a motion to dismiss the writ of error because of failure by plaintiffs in error to comply with amended Rule 20 of this Court. The motion is well grounded but as' the record is now before us on the merits and as it appears that the judgment should be affirmed on authority of the opinions and judgments of this Court in the cases of State ex rel. Pittman v. Baker, 113 Fla. 865, 152 So. 682; State ex rel. Waldron v. Wilkinson, 117 Fla. 463, 158 So. 703; State ex rel. Pittman v. Baker, 118 Fla. 380, 160 So. 362; State ex rel. Carter v. Platt, 131 Fla. 240, 179 So. 408 and Revell v. State, 130 Fla. 249, 177 So. 623, it is so ordered.
Affirmed.
Terrell, C. J., and Whitfield, Brown, Buford and Chapman, J. J., concur.
Thomas, J., disqualified.
Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus
Citator
Authorities Cited
- State v. Barker, 113 Fla. 865 (Fla. 1934)
- Hastings v. Taylor, 130 Fla. 249 (Fla. 1937)
- State v. Barker, 118 Fla. 380 (Fla. 1935)
- State v. Wilkinson, 117 Fla. 463 (Fla. 1934)
- Revell v. State, 130 Fla. 242 (Fla. 1937)
- State v. Reuel Platt, 131 Fla. 240 (Fla. 1938)