Strickland v. Leon County

THOMAS, Justice;

This is a direct appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Leon County, Florida, in which the chancellor held that certain acts of the legislature we will discuss seria-tim were constitutional. They all deal with the prosecuting attorneyship of Leon County, a position now held by the appellant who initiated the attacks. The particular question posed in the complaint for declaratory decree was the amount of compensation to which the appellant was entitled for his services subsequent to 1 July 1961.

Chapter 14,828, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1931, established the office of…