Court Opinion

ID: 7450380
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 03:16:28.283971+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:22:42.177771
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PEARSON, Judge
(dissenting).
In the present instance the appellee is alleged to have appointed the “Secretary of State of the State of Florida” as his agent. The Secretary is a constitutional officer. The duties of the office are prescribed by law. These duties do not include responsibilities which may be specified in private contracts to which the State is not a party.
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“The authority of public officers to proceed in a particular way or only upon specific conditions implies a duty not to *392proceed in any manner than that which is authorized by law. * * * ” White v. Crandon, 116 Fla. 162, 156 So. 303 (1934).
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See cases cited in 67 C.J.S. Officers § 102.