# State Ex Rel. Ellars v. Board of County Commissioners

> Supreme Court of Florida · May 27, 1941 · 147 Fla. 278

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## Case

- **Full name:** State of Florida on Relation of O. Raymond Ellars, v. the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, Florida, and J. Rolfe Davis, as Chairman of Said Board, Et Al.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** May 27, 1941
- **Citations:** 147 Fla. 278; 3 So. 2d 360; 1941 Fla. LEXIS 1276
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Chapman
- **Judges:** Brown, Whitfield, Terrell, Adams, Chapman, Thomas, Buford
- **Cited by:** 12 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Chapman, J.
(dissenting). — I am unable to reconcile the conclusion reached and expressed by the majority opinion in the case at bar with the conclusions and previous holdings of this Court in: State
ex rel.
*287
Baker v. Gray, 133 Fla. 23 , 182 So. 620 ; State
ex rel.
White v. Foley, 132 Fla. 895 , 182 So. 195 ; State
ex rel.
Cohen v. O’Neal, 99 Fla. 1053 , 128 So. 489 , 100 Fla. 1277 , 131 So. 165 ; State
ex rel.
Buford v. Shepard, 84 Fla. 206 , 93 So. 667 ; State
ex rel.
Loftin v. McMillan, 55 Fla. 246 , 45 So. 882 .
I think a rehearing should be granted and the holdings in the cases
supra
clearly distinguished from the holding in the case at bar, if it is possible so to do.
Thomas, J., concurs.
Brown, C. J., concurs in conclusion that rehearing should be granted.

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