Adams v. Dickinson

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion rendered herein.

Appellant seeks review of a declaratory judgment rendered by the trial court which denied him the right to qualify for and receive the benefits of the Judicial Retirement System of Florida under the provisions of F.S. Chapter 123, F.S.A. Appellant contends that the trial court, in its construction of the statute involved herein, violated settled principles of statutory construction and attributed to its provisions a meaning contrary to the legislative intent.

The record establishes without dispute that appellate became a circuit…