STATE OF FLORIDA, EX REL., HARRY D. DAVIS, RELATOR,
v.
A. J. RYAN, THOMAS E. SWANSON, JOHN B. SHERWIN, AND FLOYD L. WRAY, MEMBERS OF TBE BROWARD COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY, RESPONDENTS
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The Florida Supreme Court granted a petition for the City of Hollywood to be made a party respondent in a mandamus proceeding. The proceeding involves a bondholder seeking to enforce contract rights against the Broward County Port Authority, which assumed liability for bonds originally issued by the City of Hollywood.
Yes, the City of Hollywood's petition to be made a party respondent is granted. However, this is without prejudice to the relator's right to file any appropriate motions regarding the City's involvement.
“Upon consideration of tbe petition of tbe City of Hollywood to be made a party respondent to this cause, which is a proceeding in mandamus by a bond holder to enforce alleged contract rights alleged to exist under tbe bonds in issue, wbicb were originally issued by said City of Hollywood 'but which are in this proceeding sought to be enforced against Bro'ward County Port Authority as assumer of tbe liability thereof, it is ordered that tbe petition of tbe City of Hollywo'od to be made a party respondent to tbe alternative writ of mandamus be granted, without prejudice to tbe right of relator to make any and all appropriate motions with respect thereto.”
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Upon consideration of tbe petition of tbe City of Hollywood to be made a party respondent to this cause, which is a proceeding in mandamus by a bond holder to enforce alleged contract rights alleged to exist under tbe bonds in issue, wbicb were originally issued by said City of Hollywood 'but which are in this proceeding sought to be enforced against Bro'ward County Port Authority as assumer of tbe liability thereof, it is ordered that tbe petition of tbe City of Hollywo'od to be made a party respondent to tbe alternative writ of mandamus be granted, without prejudice to tbe right of relator to make any and all appropriate motions with respect thereto.
It is further ordered that said City of Hollywood do serve upon counsel for relator copies of said motion and *387its proposed answer to the alternative writ tendered with same, and that said answer as tendered he filed, subject to such action as relator may be advised to' take concerning same.
It is so ordered.
Buford. C.J., and "Whitfield, Ellis, Terrell, Brown and Davis, J.J., concur.
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