# Towles v. Board of Public Instruction

> Supreme Court of Florida · January 25, 1967 · 194 So. 2d 249

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7421288

## Case

- **Full name:** S. M. TOWLES v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF TAYLOR COUNTY, Rudolph Parker, Bryon Freeman, S. S. Agner, Robert Childs and Harley Bennett, as members of the Board of Public Instruction of Taylor County, and Allen Hart, as Superintendent of Public Instruction of Taylor County, Florida
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** January 25, 1967
- **Citations:** 194 So. 2d 249; 1967 Fla. LEXIS 4103
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Thornal
- **Judges:** Caldwell, Drew, Ervin, Roberts, Thomas, Thornal
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

THORNAL, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
The trial judge held that Ch. 63-1040 Laws of 1963 is unconstitutional. The majority affirms this holding. I would reverse. I think the act was a valid legislative enactment and should be upheld and enforced.

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