Davidson v. Seegar
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Gadsden county. On the 13th day of May, 1875, Hester B. Seegar, administratrix of, &c., of John F. Seegar, deceased, filed her bill of complaint against J. E. A. Davidson, Judge of the County Court in and for Gadsden county, and R. S. Tucker, Sheriff of said county of Gadsden.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Gadsden county. On the 13th day of May, 1875, Hester B. Seegar, administratrix of, &c., of John F. Seegar, deceased, filed her bill of complaint against J. E. A. Davidson, Judge of the County Court in and for Gadsden county, and R. S. Tucker, Sheriff of said county of Gadsden. In such bill of complaint she alleges that about the 17th day of March, 1874, she commenced her suit in the County Court of Gadsden county against one James H. Sylvester, and at the May term of said court, in the same year, she recovered a judgment against the said Sylvester, in said…
1Opinion of the CourtVan Valkenburgh, J.
The first question which arises in the examination of this case is, does the law authorize the judge of a county court to demand and receive a docket fee of three dollars from, the plaintiff for each case put upon the county court docket ?
The Legislature of 1870, by an act entitled “ An act to amend an act entitled an act for the pay of State Attorneys and County Judges, approved February 1, 1869,” (Chapter 1752, in Section 2,) provides as follows:
u The judges of the county courts of the State of Florida shall be paid five dollars per day for each day of any term of the court, when not…
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