Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Shelby
Circuit Court of the 1st Judicial Circuit of Florida, Escambia County
Decided February 10, 1960No. 42192Published
1Opinion of the Court
ERNEST E. MASON, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit by a citizen taxpayer of Escambia County to enjoin the alleged unauthorized expenditure of county funds. The suit is against the sheriff of the county, the chairman of the board of county commissioners, the clerk of the circuit court in his capacity as county treasurer, and against two deputy sheriffs, the alleged proposed recipients of said funds.
*187It is alleged in the complaint'that prior to the passage of chapter 59-1266, Laws of Florida, the two deputy sheriffs were, members of the classified civil service of the county and that any increase in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Landis v. ReardonSupreme Court of Florida · 1934
- State Ex Rel. Watson v. City of MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
- City of Hialeah v. PfaffendorfSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
- Barrow v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1935