Supreme Court of Florida February 20, 1940 (State Ex Rel. Tennant v. Burnett)

Chapman, J.

On October 2, 1939, an alternative writ of mandamus, on the relation of B. B. Tennant, issued out of the Circuit Court of Hillsborough County, Florida, commanding Hpn. J. M. Burnett, as Tax Collector of Hills-borough County, Florida, the respondent, to issue a 1939-1940 license to operate a restaurant in Tampa, Florida, where some 30 to 49 persons were served at each meal.