# State Ex Rel. Watson v. Kirkman

> Supreme Court of Florida · October 8, 1946 · 158 Fla. 11

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3396446

## Case

- **Full name:** State of Florida, Ex Rel. J. Tom Watson, Attorney General v. H. N. Kirkman, Director of Department of Public Safety of the State of Florida, and J. M. Lee, Comptroller.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** October 8, 1946
- **Citations:** 158 Fla. 11; 27 So. 2d 610; 1946 Fla. LEXIS 457
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Brown
- **Judges:** Chapman, Terrell, Buford, Adams, Sebring, Thomas, Brown
- **Cited by:** 9 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

BROWN, J.,
concurring specially:
I am inclined to think the Attorney General had the right to file this suit, but I concur in the view of the Court below that the Act is not shown to be unconstitutional.

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