Tappy v. State ex rel. Ervin

The facts in this proceeding are detailed at length in the majority opinion, making it appear complex and difficult, but as Abraham Lincoln was wont to say, “strip it of all the dead wood and get right down to hardpan” it is simple. Robert H. Wing-field, recently nominated for Circuit Judge of the Seventh Circuit, resigned as County Judge of Volusia County, effective at midnight, Monday, January 3, 1955. December 28, 1954, seven days before his term expired, Acting Governor Johns appointed Thomas N. Tappy to succeed Wingfield for a term commencing at midnight, January 3, 1955. On the last…