State Ex Rel. DeHoff v. Butts

The clerk of the Circuit Court of Duval County .required attorneys instituting law suits in the Circuit Court to deposit ten dollars to cover court costs occasioned by the institution of a suit; under the decision of this Court in State, ex rel. Cowles, v. Butts, 125 Fla. 584, 170 Sou. Rep. 714, the deposit thus made became a trust fund in the hands of the Clerk of the Circuit Court to be returned to the depositing plaintiff, or his attorney, upon demand, less any earned portion thereof which the Clerk may have become entitled to retain as compensation for services rendered .in the case…