Attorney-General ex rel. Wilkins v. Connors
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from tiie Circuit Court for Escambia county. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Tayuhí, J.:
This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of the defendant in a quo warranto proceeding.
The information which was filed by the Attorney-General in September, 1889, he suing “for the people of the State/’ alleges that Joseph Wilkins was elected sheriff of Escambia county on the sixth day of November, 1888, and still holds such office, and by virtue of his title thereto is entitled to the office and to the discharge of the duties and enjoyment of the emoluments which, prior to the dissolution of the municipal corporation of Pensacola, attached to the office of City Marshal…
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