Osceola County v. State Ex Rel. Newton

This was an action of mandamus brought by the Constable of Justice of the Peace District No. 1 of Osceola County, Florida, to require the respondent county to pay relator his lawful fees for services rendered by him in executing a criminal warrant issued by the Justice of the Peace of District No. 1, Osceola County, for the.apprehension and arrest of a .person charged with the larceny of an automobile. The arrest was duly made by the relator, the defendant bound over to the Grand Jury, but the Grand Jury returned “no true bill.”

The county refused to pay the Constable his costs of executing…