State ex rel. Wailes v. Croom
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the Court En Banc. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Leon County. Statement. The plaintiff; in error, Sydney I. Wailes, on the 10th, day of October, 1910, filed his petition for an alternative writ of mandamus against A. C. Croom as Comptroller of the State of Florida, in the following words and figures: “To Honorable John W. Malone, the Judge of the .Circuit Court for the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida: - The State of Florida, on the…
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This case was decided by the Court En Banc. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Leon County. Statement. The plaintiff; in error, Sydney I. Wailes, on the 10th, day of October, 1910, filed his petition for an alternative writ of mandamus against A. C. Croom as Comptroller of the State of Florida, in the following words and figures: “To Honorable John W. Malone, the Judge of the .Circuit Court for the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida: - The State of Florida, on the relation of Sydney I. Wailes, brings this petition against A: C. Croom.as the Comptroller of the State of Florida, and,…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam.,
(after stating the facts.) — The contention here is that Section 2 of Chapter 1275 of the Acts of 1861 (being the same as .Section 27 p. 200 McClellan’s Digest) and Section 1 and 2 of the Act of 1848 embraced in Section 6 p. 19$ of McClellan’s Digest, were in force at the time that Governor Drew made his alleged contract with plaintiff in error; that they became a part of his. contract “and that under Section 27 of McClellan’s Digest he has a remedy by which if the Comptroller does not examine, audit and settle his account satisfactorily, he may go into court and have such decree…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- State ex rel. Sayre v. MooreNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
- Danley v. WhiteleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1854
- State ex rel. State Savings Ass'n v. DraperSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
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