Case Name: Fred P. Cone, J. M. Lee and W. V. Knott, as Members of and Constituting the State Board of Administration, v. State ex rel. Woman's Benefit Association of Port Huron, Michigan
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1940-11-12
Citations: 144 Fla. 736
Docket Number: No. 3789
Parties: Fred P. Cone, J. M. Lee and W. V. Knott, as Members of and Constituting the State Board of Administration, v. State ex rel. Woman's Benefit Association of Port Huron, Michigan.
Judges: Terrell, C. J., and Buford and Thomas, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 144
Pages: 736–737

Head Matter:
Fred P. Cone, J. M. Lee and W. V. Knott, as Members of and Constituting the State Board of Administration, v. State ex rel. Woman's Benefit Association of Port Huron, Michigan.
198 So. 700
Division A
No. 3789
Opinion Filed November 12, 1940
Rehearing Denied December 10, 1940
George Couper Gibbs, Attorney General, and 1. Compton French, Assistant Attorney General, for Plaintiffs in Error;
J. Franklin Garner, for Defendant in Error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In this case judgment was entered awarding peremptory writ of mandamus against respondents upon failure to file return to alternative writ, as required by order of court.
Some ten days after the judgment was entered respondents filed motion praying that judgment be vacated and set aside. With the motion was tendered a return signed by the Attorney General and an Assistant to the Attorney General and sworn to by a clerk in' the office of the State Treasurer.
The allegations of the return were insufficient to constitute a valid defense to the alternative writ of mandamus.
The motion wás overruled and denied.
No reversible error appears. So the judgment is affirmed.
So ordered.
Affirmed.
Terrell, C. J., and Buford and Thomas, J. J., concur.
Whitfield, P. J., concurs in opinion and judgment.
Justices Brown and Chapman not participating as authorized by Section 4687, Compiled General Laws of 1927, and Rule 21-A of the Rules of this Court.