DE GROOT v. SHEFFIELD


95 So.2d 912 (1957)

Peter DE GROOT, Appellant, v. L.S. SHEFFIELD et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing June 26, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coffee & Coffee, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Elliott Adams and McCarthy, Lane & Adams, Jacksonville, for appellees.


THORNAL, Justice.

Appellant DeGroot, who was relator below, seeks reversal of an order of the Circuit Judge dismissing his petition for a writ of mandamus which was sought to compel the appellees to reinstate the relator as an employee of the Duval County School Board.

The determining question is whether the action of the County Civil Service Board, which supervises the county merit system, can be reviewed and collaterally assaulted as a defense to a mandamus...

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