Blanton v. State Ex Rel. Miller

THOMAS, J.:

The appellees secured from the circuit judge a peremptory writ of mandamus commanding the appellants, 23 June 1945, to issue them a marriage license for which they applied 20 June 1945. The sole question is, under these simple facts, whether there was a duty to grant the license before midnight 23 June 1945, and it must be decided on an interpretation of a provision of Chapter 22643, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1945, which we now quote: “ ... no marriage license shall be issued . . . until after the expiration of three days from the date application is made to a County Judge . . . and…