State ex rel. Johnson v. Patterson

Citations

• 67 Fla. 499
• 65 So. 659

Syllabus

<p>1. The legislative intent is the essence and. vital force of a statutory enactment.</p> <p>2. The object of Chapters 6469 and 6470, Acts of 1913, is to prevent corruption, fraud and deception of all kinds in primary elections, and the statutes shall be enforced to accomplish the legislative purpose.</p> <p>3. If a person in good faith actually and ip. fact first announces or becomes a candidate for a county office at a time which is less than 25 days prior to the date of the primary election, he must, under Section 26 of Chapter 6469 qualify within the prescribed time and is required to file all the statements and to do all things prescribed for such a candidate to do after he in fact becomes a candidate; but he is not required to file statements of expenses at a time when he was not in fact a candidate.</p>