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DROIT v. STATE EX REL. LONG

71 So.2d 259 (1954)

DROIT v. STATE ex rel. LONG.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

March 5, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith E. Collyer, Avon Park, for appellant.

Otis Whitehurst and M.R. McDonald, Sebring, for appellee.

BARNS, Justice.

The appellee sought and procured the prerogative writ of mandamus directed to the appellant requiring him to certify appellee's election as a Justice of the Peace. Appellant's defense was that the office has been abolished. The lower court held the office extant and issued the writ. A point in this appeal is whether Chapter 27592, Special Acts 1951, providing for the abolishing of Justice of the Peace Districts in Highlands County, became effective...

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