JORDAN v. GREEN

No. 34142.

173 So.2d 448 (1965)

Russell C. JORDAN, Jr., Petitioner, v. Ray E. GREEN, Comptroller of the State of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 2, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carrol F. Dillon, Sarasota, for petitioner.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Fred M. Burns, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Charles D. McClure, Gen. Counsel for Comptroller, for respondent.


THORNAL, Justice.

By petition for a writ of mandamus we are requested to direct respondent Ray Green, as State Comptroller, to issue a monthly warrant for the sum of $100.00, as salary to petitioner Russell C. Jordan, who claims to be a member of the Florida House of Representatives.

Basically we must decide whether Article VII, Section 3, Florida Constitution, as amended in 1924, F.S.A., continues to be a valid limitation on the power of the Legislature to...

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