State Ex Rel. Robinson v. Keefe

In this case the Court overrules respondent’s motion to quash the alternative writ of mandamus, because it is of the opinion that neither of the relator school teachers, Gertrude M. Robinson or Lillie M. Robinson, who hold teacher’s life certificates issued under the laws of the State of Florida, are within the prohibitions of Chapter 16088, Acts of 1933 (House Bill 178), commonly known as .the Florida Anti-Nepotism Law, when construed strictly as an Act of such highly penal character is required to be construed.

“Nepotism” has been defined as the bestowal of patronage by public officers in…