State ex rel. Shellman v. Norvell

REED, Chief Judge.

The .petitioner, Perline Shellman, is a resident of Dade County. She is seeking in this original proceeding a writ of mandamus to compel J. R. Norvell, as Sheriff of St. Lucie County, to serve a summons on her husband in a suit for dissolution of marriage. The husband is residing in St. Lucie County. The petitioner alleged that she is an indigent and is entitled to such service without the payment of the statutory fee of $7.50 (see Ch. 72-92, Laws of Florida, 1972). We issued the alternative writ on 18 September 1972 to Sheriff Nor-vell who has now responded.

The sheriff’s…