ELLISON v. REID

No. VV-27.

397 So.2d 352 (1981)

Ernest ELLISON, Auditor General of the State of Florida, Appellant, v. David L. REID, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Berry and Jackson D. Ingram, Tallahassee, for appellant.

James R. Rich, and J. Elliott Messer and James C. Hauser, of Thompson, Messer, Rhodes, Vickers & Hart, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Frank A. Vickory, Asst. Atty. Gen., amicus curiae.


SHIVERS, Judge.

Auditor General appeals a final summary judgment holding appellee property appraiser properly expended public funds for payment of attorney fees incurred by him in successfully defending charges of official misconduct before the Florida Ethics Commission. We affirm.

In January 1975, a former employee of the Palm Beach County Property Appraisers Office filed a complaint against appellee property appraiser with the Florida Ethics Commission,...

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