# State Ex Rel. Watson v. Clements

> Supreme Court of Florida · March 19, 1941 · 146 Fla. 394

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3395269

## Case

- **Full name:** State Ex Rel. J. Tom Watson, Attorney General, Plaintiff, v. J. J. Clements, Defendant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** March 19, 1941
- **Citations:** 146 Fla. 394; 1 So. 2d 186
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Brown, Terrell, Buford, Chapman, Thomas, Adams
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Per Curiam.
An information was filed in quo warranto to test the right of the defendant to exercise and perform
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the powers and prerogatives of chairman of the board of county commissioners in and for Calhoun County.
The writ prayed for is denied under the authority of Brewer v. Kellum, 58 Fla. 196 , 50 So. 581 .
Brown, C. J., Terrell, Buford, Chapman, Thomas and Adams, J. J., concur.

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