State Ex Rel. Ship Canal Authority v. Lancaster

— Relator, a public agency created by Chapter 16176, Acts 1933, has instituted this proceeding to compel obedience on the part of respondent Clerk of the Circuit Court to the terms and requirements of Chapter 17022, Acts 1935, which Act respondent has set up in his reply to the proceeding, is unconstitutional and should not he complied with.

In this case a peremptory writ of mandamus should be awarded, however, on the authority of Curtiss Properties, Inc., v. Leatherman, Clerk Circuit Court, 125 Fla. 72, 169 Sou. Rep. 612, it appearing that the effect of Chapter 17022, Acts of 1935, is to…