Case Name: The State of Florida, ex rel.. Robert G. Emerson, Robert E. Miller and Wallace Benedict, Plaintiffs, vs. John R. Beacham, George O. Butler, E. B. Donnell, J. L. Earman and Vincent Oaksmith, as and constituting the City Commission of the City of West Palm Beach, in Palm Beach County, Florida, and Fred W. Miller, as Tax Assessor of said City, Respondents
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1931-10-21
Citations: 103 Fla. 197
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State of Florida, ex rel.. Robert G. Emerson, Robert E. Miller and Wallace Benedict, Plaintiffs, vs. John R. Beacham, George O. Butler, E. B. Donnell, J. L. Earman and Vincent Oaksmith, as and constituting the City Commission of the City of West Palm Beach, in Palm Beach County, Florida, and Fred W. Miller, as Tax Assessor of said City, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 103
Pages: 197–198

Head Matter:
The State of Florida, ex rel.. Robert G. Emerson, Robert E. Miller and Wallace Benedict, Plaintiffs, vs. John R. Beacham, George O. Butler, E. B. Donnell, J. L. Earman and Vincent Oaksmith, as and constituting the City Commission of the City of West Palm Beach, in Palm Beach County, Florida, and Fred W. Miller, as Tax Assessor of said City, Respondents.
137 So. 523.
En Banc.
Order entered October 21, 1931.
Loftin, Stokes <& Galkins, for Relators;
J. Mark Wilcox and G. D. Blackwell, for Respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This cause coming on to be heard upon demurrers of the Respondents to the Alternative Writ of Mandamus, and the Court having considered such demurrers upon briefs and argument of counsel for the respective parties, it is considered, ordered and adjudged by the Court that the said demurrers be and the same are. hereby sustained with leave to the Relators to amend the Alternative Writ with respeet to the duties sought to be enforced against the City Commission and the City Tax Assessor of the City of West Palm Beach as prescribed by the statutes of the State and by the City ordinances of the City of West Palm Beach and without reference to and in disregard of the provisions of Chapter 15855, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1931, amending the Charter of the City of West Palm Beach.
Buford, C.J., and "Whitfield, Ellis, Terrell, Brown and Davis, J.J., concur.