State Ex Rel. Albritton v. Lee

On June 26, 1929, the Relator, Paul C. Albritton, was appointed Judge of the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit of Florida for a full six-year term. At the time of his appointment, the salary was $7500 per annum but the Legislature of 1931 reduced it to $6750 and the Legislature of 1933 again reduced it to $5000.

By a redistricting Act passed in 1935, the Legislature abolished the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit including the office of Judge to which Relator had been appointed. Feeling that the Legislature was without authority to reduce his salary, he brought this proceeding in mandamus to…