Supreme Court of Florida
State of Florida, ex rel. K. W. Dresskell v. the City of Miami, a Municipal Corporation; A. B. Curry, as City…
June 1, 1943153 Fla. 90
Summary
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's judgment that the City of Miami could offset the back salary owed to a former employee by the earnings he received from private employment during his illegal discharge, holding that the employee was not a public officer and that equitable principles of avoidable consequences apply in a mandamus action.