47 Fla. 127 | Fla. | 1904
(after stating the facts). — Among the assignments of error here is one that the court erred in denying the motion of E. S. Armstrong, one of the defendants in error, to quash the alternative writ.
In the case of State ex rel. Proseus v. Craft, 17 Fla. 722, this court held that the proceeding by mandamus can only be resorted to where there is no other adequate legal remedy to accomplish the purpose, and that if a sheriff refuses to execute the writ (execution) when it is his duty to execute it, the plaintiff may have his action at law against the sheriff. In the case of State ex rel. Bradley v. Cone, 40 Fla. 409, 25 South. Rep. 279, the doctrine of the case of Proseus v. Craft, supra, was referred to, approved and
We are of opinion that the order of the Circuit Judge denying the motion to' quash the alternative writ was erroneous, and, therefore, it is considered and ordered that the judgment be reversed at the cost of the defendant in error, and that the cause be remanded for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.
Taylor, C. J., and Cockrell, J., concur.
Carter, P. J., and Shackleford and Whitfield, JJ., concur in the opinion.