James E. Flood, as Clerk of the Criminal Court of Record and Ex Officio Clerk of the Civil Court of Record, and Ex…

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida affirmed the lower court's judgment, upholding the constitutionality of Chapter 11954, Acts of 1927, which fixes county officer compensation based on a portion of net income, and rejecting the plaintiff's claim to receive the maximum compensation for multiple offices. The Court reasoned that the statutes do not constitute a taking, that the constitutional prohibition against holding multiple offices precludes double compensation, and that there is no conflict between the statutes.