Legal Opinion · Dissent
State Ex Rel. McCants v. City of West Palm Beach
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided May 30, 1941Published
1DissentChapman, J.
(dissenting). — I am unable to agree to the majority opinion in this case.
On June 22, 1940, George B. McCants filed in the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County, Florida, a petition for an alternative writ of mandamus against designated officials of the City of West Palm Beach. The petition, inter alia, alleged that the relator was employed by said city as a fireman on November 6, 1934, and the employment was continuous thereafter until the filing of said petition; that said city had paid the relator regularly for his said services as a fireman from the date of employment until September…
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