Court Opinion

ID: 9674112
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 04:23:16.071421+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:25.620825
License: Public Domain

NORVELL, Justice
(concurring).
The office of a temporary injunction is to maintain the status quo and protect the rights of the respective parties until the suit may be determined upon its merits. The subject matter-of this suit is a purported contract -between Duval County and Mr. Gordon Gibson. The validity of' that contract is attacked by the appellees herein, some of whom are property taxpaying citizens of Duval County. The final judgment in the suit will determine whether the contract is valid or invalid. Meanwhile, a temporary order which restrains the paying out of County funds under the disputed contract will protect the County and its taxpayers until the final disposition of the suit. It is not necessary that Mr. Gibson be restrained from litigating the question of the legality of his contract when that issue is raised in other legal proceedings'by plea in abatement or otherwise.
The temporary injunction should be modified as set forth in the opinion of Mr. Justice POPE and I accordingly concur therein.