Case Name: Edward McNAIR, Appellant, v. DADE COUNTY, Florida, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, and City of Miami, a municipal corporation, and Richard E. Gerstein, State Attorney, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1961-02-16
Citations: 127 So. 2d 142
Docket Number: No. 60-236
Parties: Edward McNAIR, Appellant, v. DADE COUNTY, Florida, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, and City of Miami, a municipal corporation, and Richard E. Gerstein, State Attorney, Appellees.
Judges: PEARSON, Acting C. J., CARROLL, CHAS., J., and SAULS, RICHARD M., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 127
Pages: 142–143

Head Matter:
Edward McNAIR, Appellant, v. DADE COUNTY, Florida, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, and City of Miami, a municipal corporation, and Richard E. Gerstein, State Attorney, Appellees.
No. 60-236.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.
Feb. 16, 1961.
Rehearing Denied March 10, 1961.
R. K. Bell, Miami, for appellant.
Olavi M. Hendrickson, City Atty., Dar-rey A. Davis, County Atty., Richard Ger-stein, State Atty., Miami, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Edward McNair brought a bill for declaratory decree in the circuit court. After alleging that he had been arrested by a police officer of the City of Miami, for the violation of a Metropolitan Dade County traffic ordinance, he posed the question to the court of the legality of his arrest. Upon hearing, the chancellor entered a final decree, which in effect dismissed plaintiff's complaint but also set forth conclusions as to the respective rights of the parties.
An examination of the record discloses that the order of dismissal should be sustained upon the ground that a proceeding for a declaratory decree or judgment may not be used to enjoin a criminal proceeding in progress. Taylor v. Cooper, Fla.1952, 60 So.2d 534.
Accordingly, the final decree is affirmed in its dismissal of appellant's petition for declaratory decree, hut modified by eliminating therefrom the findings and conclusions set out in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 thereof.
Modified and affirmed.
PEARSON, Acting C. J., CARROLL, CHAS., J., and SAULS, RICHARD M., Associate Judge, concur.