Supreme Court of Florida, 1936

McCreary v. State Ex Rel. Garrison

McCreary v. State Ex Rel. Garrison
Supreme Court of Florida · Decided May 22, 1936 · Whitfield, Brown, Davis, Ellis, Terrell, Buford
168 So. 422; 124 Fla. 330 (Southern Reporter)

McCreary v. State Ex Rel. Garrison

Concurring Opinion

Davis, J.

(concurring). — Where the constitutionality of the application of a particular statute or ordinance depends upon a consideration of the evidence I think habeas corpus may be employed as it was used in this case, not as a review of the sufficiency of the evidence qua proof, but as a means of determining whether constitutional property rights are being adversely affected by the manner of enforcement of an ordinance as applied to the particular facts of the case before the court.

Buford, J., concurs.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

This writ of error brings before us for review a final order in habeas corpus proceedings discharging the petitioner from custody. The judgment of the Circuit Judge is affirmed upon authority of McCleod v. Chase, 96 Fla. 736a, 116 So. 858 and Brown v. Watson, 116 Fla. 56, 156 So. 327; there having been no evidence introduced before the municipal court, or before the Circuit Judge in the habeas corpus proceedings, showing, or tending to show that the ordinance in question had been violated by the petitioner.

Affirmed.

Whitfield, C. J., and Brown and Davis, J. J., concur. Ellis, P. J., and Terrell and Buford, J. J., concur in the opinion and judgment.

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