# State Ex Rel. Lawler v. Knott

> Supreme Court of Florida · April 12, 1937 · 129 Fla. 136

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3383878

## Case

- **Full 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:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** April 12, 1937
- **Citations:** 129 Fla. 136; 176 So. 113
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Ellis
- **Judges:** Whitfield, Brown, Hobson, Shields, Ellis, Buford, Davis, Terrell, Thomas, Ell'Is
- **Cited by:** 6 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Ellis, P. J.
(dissenting).—In this case I perceive no logical reason why the doctrine heretofore announced by this Court in the cases cited in the opinion upholding the so-called doctrine of “first come, first served” should not be applied. I do not agree that the. doctrine is a sound one, for.reasons which I have heretofore given, but the court having committed itself to the validity and logical correctness of such doctrine it has become the rule of law in this State. I, therefore, think that it should be applied here.

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