CORBIN v. STATE EX REL. SLAUGHTER

No. W-137.

324 So.2d 203 (1975)

Louis C. CORBIN, As County Court Judge, Division "C" in the County Court of Duval County, Florida, Appellant (Respondent, Judge), v. STATE of Florida ex rel. S. Morgan SLAUGHTER, Appellee (Petitioner, Clerk).

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Thomas A. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Harry L. Shorstein, and William Lee Allen, Jacksonville, for appellee.


MILLS, Judge.

A County Court Judge appeals from a writ of prohibition rendered by the Circuit Court of Duval County prohibiting him from holding contempt proceedings against the Clerk of the County Court on the ground that the Judge did not have authority to issue the order with which the Clerk refused to comply. The question for determination is whether a clerk may challenge the validity of a court's order purportedly issued...

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