Coppedge v. State Ex Rel. Bowden

This writ of error was taken to a peremptory writ of mandamus ordered by the circuit court requiring the County Board of Public Instruction for Duval County to pay to the county tax collector commissions allowed by the statute for the collection of taxes assessed in and for special tax school districts in the county. The defense in effect is that no valid statute authorizes or requires such payment.

If the statute authorizing the commissions to be paid is unconstitutional, the courts will not by mandamus require a compliance with the statute. State ex rel. v. Barnes, 25 Fla. 75, 5 So. R. 698;…