Carlton Ex Rel. Duval County v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.

This was an action at law by Doyle E. Carlton, as Governor of the State of Florida, for the use of Duval County, against the Fidelity Deposit Company of Maryland, upon an official bond given by Frank Brown, as Clerk of the Circuit Court for Duval County, with Defendant in Error as surety, to recover moneys paid to, received and retained by him as such Clerk of the Circuit Court and as Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of Duval County, in the year 1929, he having received and retained, as it is alleged, the statutory maximum compensation fixed and prescribed for him as Clerk of the…