# State ex rel. Kearney v. Board of Public Instructions

> District Court of Appeal of Florida · March 17, 1959 · 109 So. 2d 791

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4769270

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Florida ex rel. John W. KEARNEY, William E. Partington, and John Simmons v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida, John McCallum, Monso Tatum, James L. Dixon, Jeanne Goddard and Anne Cox
- **Court:** District Court of Appeal of Florida
- **Decided:** March 17, 1959
- **Citations:** 109 So. 2d 791; 1959 Fla. App. LEXIS 3123
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Carroll, Donald, Sturgis, Wigginton
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

PER CURIAM.
The appealed-from order of the Circuit Court for Volusia County quashed an amended alternative writ of mandamus commanding the Board of Public Instructions of said county to re-establish the five board member residence district in accordance with Section 230.061, Florida Statutes, 1957, F.S.A., which requires such re-establishment “so as to place in each district, as nearly as practicable, the same number of qualified electors,” or show cause why it refused so to do. The order is affirmed to the extent that it quashes the writ, on the sole ground that the said writ and the relators’ petition on which it was based fail to set forth sufficient facts to show a noncompliance with the provision quoted, but our holding is not to be construed as an approval or a disapproval of the districting plan adopted by the Board. The cause is remanded to the Circuit Court, with directions to reinstate the cause and grant to the relators a reasonable time within which to file an amended petition for a further amended alternative writ of mandamus.
STURGIS, C. J., and CARROLL, DONALD K., J., concur.
WIGGINTON, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part.

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