Case Name: Ralph J. SELLERS, Jr., Appellant, v. W. W. CULBERTSON, Tax Assessor, and Porter Homer, County Manager, Metropolitan Dade County, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1969-07-15
Citations: 224 So. 2d 808
Docket Number: No. 69-106
Parties: Ralph J. SELLERS, Jr., Appellant, v. W. W. CULBERTSON, Tax Assessor, and Porter Homer, County Manager, Metropolitan Dade County, Appellees.
Judges: Before PEARSON, C. J., HENDRY, J., and LOPEZ, AQUILINO, Jr., Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 224
Pages: 808–809

Head Matter:
Ralph J. SELLERS, Jr., Appellant, v. W. W. CULBERTSON, Tax Assessor, and Porter Homer, County Manager, Metropolitan Dade County, Appellees.
No. 69-106.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.
July, 15, 1969.
Snowden & Willis and Walter E. Mack-oul, Miami, for appellant.
Thomas C. Britton, County Atty., and Joseph D. Komansky, Asst. County Atty., for appellees.
Before PEARSON, C. J., HENDRY, J., and LOPEZ, AQUILINO, Jr., Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Ralph J. Sellers, Jr., appeals from a declaratory judgment which ruled that he was barred from asserting a claim for back salary after his reinstatement as an employee of Dade County. He was reinstated after the county conceded the unconstitutionality of Section 2-51, Code of Metropolitan Dade County, because of the holding in Gardner v. Broderick, 392 U.S. 273, 88 S.Ct. 1913, 20 L.Ed.2d 1082 (1968).
The ruling concerning laches constitutes a finding of fact based upon the evidence. See City of Miami v. Carter, Fla.1958, 105 So.2d 5; Metropolitan Dade County PI. C.E.B. v. State ex rel. Bishop, Fla.App. 1968, 216 So.2d 76. The record before us is insufficient to show error, and the judgment is affirmed upon authority of Renshaw v. State ex rel. Hickland, 149 Fla. 342, 5 So.2d 700 (1942).
Affirmed.