State Ex Rel. Hawkins v. Amos

At the legislative session of 1927, it was enacted by Chap. 12125, Laws of Florida (Senate Bill No. 172) :

Section 1. That the name of Eugene Hawkins be, and the same is hereby placed on the pension roll of the State of Florida; and the Comptroller is authorized and directed to pay unto the said Eugene Hawkins a pension in like sum and manner as the Confederate pensioners of the State of Florida are paid.

The Comptroller declined to issue warrants in payment of said pension. The beneficiary of the Act, Eugene Hawkins, brought mandamus to compel compliance. The matter is here upon writ of error…