Council of Chipley v. State of Florida

Defendant in error, Harvey, was petitioner in the court below in mandamus proceedings to compel plaintiff in error to pay to him the salary which he claimed due him as Marshal of the City of Chipley, Florida.

The record shows that in June, 1930, the City Council appointed petitioner Marshal of the City for a term of one year, pursuant to' Chapter 12592, Acts of 1927; that he qualified and entered upon the duties of the office and performed the same until January 1st, 1931, when the Mayor, newly elected and taking office, after notice to the Marshal requested the City Council to remove said…