DeVaughn v. County Commissioners
Citations
- 31 Fla. 60
Syllabus
<p>The principle announced in the case of Johns vs. County Commissioners of Orange County, 28 Fla., 626, 10 South. Rep., 96, that the County Judge is the officer designated by Chapter 3763, Laws of Florida, to pass in the first instance upon the facts entitling a claimant to a reward under said statute, and -until said officer has certified to the facts required by the statute, the County Commissioners will not be compelled by mandamus to issue a warrant for a reward claimed: Held, applicable to the facts of this case.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- finding “subject to appropriations” to mean “[o]nly after appropriation does [entitlement become] legally enforceable.”
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Judges: Mabry
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