Legal Opinion

Johnson v. County of Wakulla

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1891PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Wakulla, county. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the-court.

1Opinion of the Court

Taylor, J.:

On the 13th day of July, 1887, Elijah Johnson, the-appellant, instituted his suit in assumpsit in the Circuit Court of Wakulla county against the county of' Wakulla upon the following warrant or order on the-county treasury:

“Commissioners Court,
“21st day of March, 1868.
“Order No. 4. $500.
*722“It is hereby ordered that the county treasury pay to John S. Moring, or bearer, five hundred dollars, to become due on the (1) first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, out of any money in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated, with interest from date. Given under my hand…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. County of Jefferson v. B. C. Lewis & SonsSupreme Court of Florida · 1884
  2. Bell v. KendrickSupreme Court of Florida · 1889
  3. Canova v. State ex rel. CommissionersSupreme Court of Florida · 1882
  4. Greeno v. WilsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1891

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Hoodless v. JerniganSupreme Court of Florida · 1903
  2. Florida Motor Lines, Inc. v. Railroad CommissionersSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
  3. Port of Palm Beach Dist. v. GoethalsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
  4. Ray v. WilsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
  5. Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias v. State BankSupreme Court of Florida · 1920

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