City of Jacksonville Beach v. Waybright

This is a proceeding in certiorari challenging the judgment of the Civil Court of Record in and for Duval County, Florida, wherein the respondent recovered judgment against the petitioner in a suit for attorneys’ fees.

The amended declaration was in the following language:

“Comes now Edgar W.-Waybright, Plaintiff, by himself as attorney, and sues the City of Jacksonville Beach, a municipal corporation, Defendant, for that the said Defendant is indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars, for money payable by defendant to plaintiff, for legal services as an attorney at…