STATE OF FLORIDA, EX REL J. TOM WATSON, ATTORNEY GENERAL,
v.
J. M. LEE, STATE COMPTROLLER, J. M. LEE, AS SUPERVISOR OF STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AND J. ED LARSON, STATE TREASURER
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 dismissal of a suit seeking to enjoin the Comptroller and Treasurer from enforcing a statute. The court found the bill lacked equity, rejecting claims that the act was unconstitutional or broader than its title.
The bill of complaint lacked equity on both grounds presented. The court found no merit to the general claim of unconstitutionality or the specific claim that the act's body was broader than its title.
“As to the general charge that the act is so defective as to justify the court's enjoining the Comptroller and Treasurer we find the bill is without equity.”
This quote establishes the court's finding regarding the general unconstitutionality claim.
Previewing 1 of 3 key quotes on this case — the court’s exact language, pinpointed for members.
Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligenceThe State of Florida, through its Attorney General, filed a suit to prevent the Comptroller and Treasurer from implementing Chapter 22831. The suit al…
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 Unconstitutional Statute cases and more on FLexlaw
This is a suit to enjoin the Comptroller and Treasurer from doing anything to carry into effect the provisions of Chapter 22831 upon a general charge that the act is unconstitutional and upon the charge that the act is broader than the title.
As to the general charge that the act is so defective as to justify the court’s enjoining the Comptroller and Treasurer we find the bill is without equity.
As to the contention that the body of the act is broader than the title, again we find the bill is without equity and the chancellor properly dismissed the bill.
*149Without adjudicating the propriety of the proceedings now before us and in the absence of any question having been raised in that regard and no error having been made to appear we hold that the decree of the lower court is affirmed.
CHAPMAN, C. J., TERRELL, BROWN, BUFORD, THOMAS and ADAMS, JJ., and BARNS, Circuit Judge, concur.
Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus
Citator
Cited By
-
In re Retirement of Mattie H. Farmer, 130 So. 2d 601 (Fla. 1961)…ns provided under the law for retirement of county officers and employees. We upheld the validity of this act in State ex rel. Watson v. Lee, 1946, 157 Fla. 62, 24 So. 2d 798, 163 A.L.R. 862. See also State ex rel. Watson v. Lee, 1946, 158 Fla. 148, 28 So. 2d 104. What we said in the preceding paragraph is fortified by § 39.16(7), Florida Statutes 1959, F.S.A., having to do with the creation of juvenile courts and defining their jurisdiction and powers. It provides that “The provisions of the state or count…1 / 2