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LOCKLEER v. CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH

51 So.2d 291 (1951)

LOCKLEER v. CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH et al.

Supreme Court of Florida, Division A.

March 16, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paty, Warwick & Paul, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Drew, Burns, Middleton & Rogers and C. Robert Burns, West Palm Beach, for City of West Palm Beach.

Jordan Johnson, Ernest Metcalf and M.D. Carmichael, West Palm Beach, for Richard M. Allshire.

THOMAS, Justice.

The appellee, City of West Palm Beach, filed a bill for declaratory decree because of a situation arising from the death of its chief of police. The charter contains the provision that should such official die "the senior officer in the police department * * * shall act as chief of police * * * until another chief of police is elected * * *." (Italics supplied.) Sec. 4(21) (i), Chap. 24981, Sp. Acts 1947.

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