Blanton v. State Ex Rel. Miller

Propounded for adjudication in this mandamus proceeding is a question of statutory construction or the adoption of a suitable yardstick for the measurement of the three days’ period required to exist between the date of application for and the issuance of a marriage license by a County Judge when functioning under the terms and provisions of Chapter 22642, Acts of 1945, Laws of Florida. This Act was construed by or was before the Court in the case of Light v. Meginniss, 156 Fla. 61, 22 So. (2nd) 455.

Section 1 of the Act supra provides that no County Judge in this State shall issue a license…