Johnson v. Trader

52 So.2d 333 (1951)

JOHNSON

v.

TRADER et al.

JOHNSON

v.

CITY OF PENSACOLA et al.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

May 4, 1951.

Jones & Harrell, Pensacola, for appellant.

F. Churchill Mellen, Pensacola, for appellees.

TERRELL, Justice.

We are confronted with two appeals in this case, one from a final judgment denying a petition for declaratory decree and the other from a judgment denying peremptory writ of mandamus. Both raise identical questions and will be disposed of in one opinion.

For more than two years prior to December 15, 1949, appellant was a member of the police department and the Civil…