Byrne v. Cato

This is an appeal from a final judgment in favor of the respondent in a mandamus proceeding.

The issues and questions involved in the appeal may best be stated by quoting the opinion and judgment from which appeal is taken, which is as follows:

“On petition of Dr. Maryland Burns Byrne, filed May 26th 1945, an alternative writ of mandamus was issued against T. A. CATO as Director of the Dade County Health Unit. The object of the writ was to require the respondent to reinstate the petitioner to the position of Director of Maternal and Child Health of the Dad County Public Health Unit, from which…