State Ex Rel. Watson v. Lee

WHITFIELD, J.:

The Attorney General of Florida has filed in this Court a “Civil Information” in which it is in effect alleged that the State Comptroller has entered into a contract with a named law firm, and treated as a contract or agreement between the Comptroller of the State of Florida and said law firm, for stated services to the State in the collection of intangible taxes prior to 1941 or prior years, which taxes should have been but were not assessed or collected under the statutes of the State, and that such contract is illegal for stated reasons. The pleading concludes as follows:

“The…