Legal Opinion
Slaughter v. Dickinson
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 23, 1969No. 38671PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYD, Justice.
This cause is before us on petition for writ of mandamus seeking to require respondent, Fred O. Dickinson, Jr., as Comptroller of the State, to issue warrants to pay petitioner and his assistant, Alva Duncan, the salaries due them as State Attorney and Assistant State Attorney, respectively, of the Third Judicial Circuit. The alternative writ issued and return has been made.
Petitioner alleges that he was duly elected as State Attorney of the Third Judicial Circuit at a general election held November 5, 1968; that he took oath of office on December 5, 1968, and promptly paid the…
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