City of Sanford v. State ex rel. Preston

Taylor J.

The defendant in error as relator instituted mandamus proceedings in the Circuit Court of Sem*70inole County against the Mayor and City Council of the City of Sanford and against R. C. Maxwell, alleging in his alternative writ that he was the lawful Treasurer and Assessor of said City, and that the Mayor of said city had unlawfully appointed the respondent R. C. Maxwell in his stead as such Treasurer and Assessor, and that said city council had unlawfully, confirmed said appointment, and that the said respondents had wrongfully and unlawfully and forcibly ousted him from his said…