Opinions, 1859-1913,1941-1948.

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Opinions, 1859-1913,1941-1948.

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The series contains the official opinions of the Attorneys General of Florida from 1859 to 1913 and from 1941 to 1948. This series is incomplete. There are also some gaps in the records from 1859 to 1913; the years 1867-1876, 1882-1884, and 1887-1894 are missing. The opinions are in the form of correspondence addressed to the government official who requested the opinion or legal advice in writing on a matter related to their official duties. There are four bound volumes of opinions. Volume 1 is a handwritten letterbook which contains the opinions of Mariano D. Papy (1859-1860); John B. Galbraith (1861-1866); George P. Raney (1877-1881); and C.M. Cooper (1885-1886). Volumes 2, 3 and 4 are letterpress books. Volume 1 is not indexed. Volume 2 contains the opinions of William B. Lamar (1895-1903). It also has administrative correspondence interspersed with the opinions. Volume 2 has only a recipient index. Volume 3 contains the opinions of James B. Whitfield (1903-1904) and W.H. Ellis (1904-1908). Volume 4 contains the opinions of W.H. Ellis (1908) and Park Trammell (1909-1913). Volume 3 and 4 have both a recipient and subject index. The bulk of the collection are the opinions of Attorney General J. Tom Watson from 1941 to 1948. These are contained in boxes (34 cubic feet) arranged chronologically by case number. There is no index, but the subject of the opinion is listed on the file folder labels.

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Whitfield, James B. (James Bryan), 1860-1948

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Originally of Wayne County, North Carolina, James B. Whitfield came to Florida as a boy, when his father started a cotton plantation in Leon County. He was educated at the West Florida Seminary in Tallahassee and at the University of Virginia, where he received the bachelor of law in 1886. Returning to Leon County, Whitfield practiced law until his election in 1888 as county judge. Beginning in 1889, he was clerk of the Florida Supreme Court for eight years. He was appointed State Treasurer in 1...

Papy, Mariano D., 1824-1875.

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Lamar, William Bailey, 1853-1928.

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Cooper, C. M. 1856-1923.

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Florida. Attorney General

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The Attorney General is the chief State legal officer (Chapter 16, Florida Statute). The office of the Attorney General provides legal services required by any state department. The Attorney General renders legal opinions on request to government agencies; reports on laws; directs state attorneys; and receives supreme court reports. The Attorney General appears on behalf of the state in all suits in the District Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court in which the state has an interest. In the 19...

Galbraith, John B., 1828-1869.

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Watson, J. Tom b. 1885.

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Raney, George P., 1845-1911.

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Ellis, W. H. 1867-1948.

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Trammell, Park, 1876-1936

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Park Trammell was born in Macon County, Alabama, on April 9, 1876. His family moved to Florida when he was an infant, and he was raised in Polk County near Lakeland. He studied law at Vanderbilt University and received his LL.B. degree from Cumberland University in 1899. He practiced law in Lakeland, and served for terms as mayor of that city (1899-1903). He also was a citrus grower and an owner-editor of a newspaper. A lifelong Democrat, he was elected to the Florida Ho...