Case Name: State, ex rel. Georgia Bond and Mortgage Company, v. Fred P. Cone, J. M. Lee and W. V. Knott, as and constituting the Board of Administration, Fred P. Cone, as Governor and ex-officio president of the said Board of Administration, J. M. Lee, as State Comptroller and ex-officio secretary of said Board of Administration and W. V. Knott, as State Treasurer and ex-officio treasurer of said Board of Administration and ex-officio county treasurer of Alachua County
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1939-04-25
Citations: 137 Fla. 412
Docket Number: 
Parties: State, ex rel. Georgia Bond and Mortgage Company, v. Fred P. Cone, J. M. Lee and W. V. Knott, as and constituting the Board of Administration, Fred P. Cone, as Governor and ex-officio president of the said Board of Administration, J. M. Lee, as State Comptroller and ex-officio secretary of said Board of Administration and W. V. Knott, as State Treasurer and ex-officio treasurer of said Board of Administration and ex-officio county treasurer of Alachua County.
Judges: Buford and Thomas, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 137
Pages: 412–417

Head Matter:
State, ex rel. Georgia Bond and Mortgage Company, v. Fred P. Cone, J. M. Lee and W. V. Knott, as and constituting the Board of Administration, Fred P. Cone, as Governor and ex-officio president of the said Board of Administration, J. M. Lee, as State Comptroller and ex-officio secretary of said Board of Administration and W. V. Knott, as State Treasurer and ex-officio treasurer of said Board of Administration and ex-officio county treasurer of Alachua County.
189 So. 47.
Division A.
Opinion Filed April 25, 1939.
Rehearing Denied May 23, 1939.
UEngle & Shands, for Plaintiff in Error;
George Couper Gibbs, Attorney General, H. E. Carter and J. Compton French, Assistant Attorneys General, for Defendants in Error.

Opinion:
Terrell, C. J.
The record and the briefs in this case have been examined and the primary question raised found to be fully answered in the case of Cone, et al., v. State of Florida, ex rel. Richard W. Massey, decided this date.
We do not overlook the fact that there are some questions of pleading and the interpretation of previous opinions of this Court that are discussed in this case that were not discussed in the case last cited.
In view of the decision reached, we do not consider that a discussion of these questions would serve any useful purpose. It follows that the judgment below must be and is hereby reversed on authority of the last cited case.
Reversed.
Buford and Thomas, J. J., concur.
Brown, J., concurs in opinion and judgment.
Justices Whitfield and Chapman not participating as authorized by Section 4687 Compiled General Laws of 1927 and Rule 21-A of the Rules' of this Court.