Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Buford v. Watkins
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided April 28, 1923PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Browne, J.-
The Attorney General applied for and obtained an alternative writ of mandamus directed to W. Roger Watkins as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hills-borough County, Florida, to require him to comply with the provisions of Chapter 8497, Laws of Florida, and render to the Board of County Commissioners of Hills-borough County, Florida, a sworn statement showing in detail the expenses of his office, fees and commissions collected and the gross and net income thereof, for the year ending December 31, 1922.
The return to the writ challenges the Constitutionality of Chapter 8497, Acts of…
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