Case Title: English v. Bryant

Citation: 152 So. 2d 167

Docket Number: 

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 1963-04-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
152 So. 2d 167 (1963)
Charles P. ENGLISH, Petitioner,
v.
Honorable Farris BRYANT, Governor of Florida, and Board of Canvassers, et al., Respondents.
No. 32617.

Supreme Court of Florida.
April 15, 1963.
*168 Charles P. English, in pro. per.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Joseph C. Jacobs, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.
CALDWELL, Justice.
This cause is here on petition for writ of mandamus questioning the right of the incumbent State Senator, George L. Hollahan, Jr., to hold that office. We take judicial notice of the Journal of the Florida Senate of April 2, 1963, disclosing that the incumbent was administered the oath of office by the Chief Justice of this Court, and of the journal subsequent thereto showing the active participation of the said George L. Hollahan, Jr. in said Senate as a member thereof.
The Constitution of Florida, Art. III, Sec. 6, F.S.A., provides inter alia as follows:
This Court in State ex rel. Rigby v. Junkin, 146 Fla. 347, 1 So. 2d 177 (1941), construed the quoted provision to mean that:
Inasmuch as this Court is without jurisdiction of this cause, the application for alternative writ is denied and the petition dismissed.
It is so ordered.
ROBERTS, C.J., and DREW, THORNAL and O'CONNELL, JJ., concur.