Case Name: State, ex rel. A. M. Lawler, v. W. V. Knott, as State Treasurer, as ex officio Treasurer of Everglades Drainage District, et al.
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1937-12-21
Citations: 130 Fla. 424
Docket Number: 
Parties: State, ex rel. A. M. Lawler, v. W. V. Knott, as State Treasurer, as ex officio Treasurer of Everglades Drainage District, et al.
Judges: Brown, Buford and Chapman, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 130
Pages: 424–435

Head Matter:
State, ex rel. A. M. Lawler, v. W. V. Knott, as State Treasurer, as ex officio Treasurer of Everglades Drainage District, et al.
178 So. 420.
En Banc.
Order Entered December 21, 1937.
Rehearing Denied February 9, 1938.
Pleus, Williams & Pleus, for Relator ;
Fred H. Kent-, for Respondents;
Watson & Pasco & Brown, of Pensacola, and Whitfield & Whitfield, of Tallahassee, for certain bondholders, petioners seeking to stay the execution of the peremptory writ.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Whereas, the Court as is stated in the. Opinion by Mr. Presiding Justice Whitfield, on the 16th day of December, 1937, after its issuance of a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus in the above entitled cause, for the reasons stated, issued its stay order in the following language, to-wit:
"Attorneys representing H. C. Rorick, Joseph R. Grundy and James R. Easton having filed a petition asking, (a) for leave to intervene herein, (b) that this Court recall its peremptory writ of mandamus herein or in the alternative that the Court stay the execution temporarily of the said peremptory writ of mandamus and (c) for other and further relief and the said petition having been considered by the Court, it is ordered and adjudged by the Court that further execution of the peremptory writ of mandamus issued in this cause on December 15, 1937, be and it is hereby stayed and enjoined until the further order of this Court.
"And it is further ordered by the Court that a hearing upon the above mentioned petition by Counsel for Mr. Rorick and others respecting this matter will be heard by the Court at 10:00 o'clock A. M. Monday, December 20, 1937."
And Whereas upon further consideration by the Court the majority of the Justices of the Court are of the Opinion that the aforesaid judgment awarding a Peremptory 'Writ of Mandamus should be adhered to because of the reasons stated by Mr. Justice Buford.
Now Therefore the Stay Order above quoted is now vacated, set aside and annulled.
Brown, Buford and Chapman, J. J., concur.
Ellis, C. J., agrees to conclusion that peremptory writ stand. '
Whitfield and Terrell, J. J., dissent.