State Ex Rel. Franklin County v. Lee

On petition of Relators, alternative writ of mandamus was issued herein directed to the Comptroller commanding him to apportion to Franklin, Wakula, Taylor, Citrus, Pasco, Monroe, Dixie, Gulf, and Hernando Counties, the proceeds of one cent of the second Gas Tax now available for distribution as part of the State Road Distribution Fund on the basis of the area of each of said counties, that is to say, in the proportion that the area of each of said counties bears to the area of all the counties inclusive of that area in the Gulf of Mexico adjacent to the uplands of said counties out to the…