ISAAC A. STEWART
v.
CITY OF DELAND

Fla. | 1934-12-20
Nos. 2805, 6, 7
Davis, C. J., and Whitfield, Ellis, Terrell, Brown and Buford, J. J., concur.
117 Fla. 705 Florida Supreme Court (1934) Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 158 So. 300
Cited by 35 cases

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Synopsis

The Florida Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part a lower court's orders in three identical appeals, relying on a prior decision in a companion case. The court upheld the overruling of a complainant's bill and the striking of a defendant's answer, but reversed the order granting a decree pro confesso.


Holding

The Court affirmed the orders overruling the complainant's bill and striking the defendant's answer. However, it reversed the order granting the complainant's motion for a decree pro confesso.


Key Quotes

“The three appeals involved in this case are identical with the appeals decided at the present term under the style of H'owarth v. City of DeLand, opinion filed therein on the -20th day of December, 1934.”

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Facts & Procedural History

This case consolidated three identical appeals. The core dispute involved orders related to a complainant's bill and a defendant's answer. One order o…

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Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam.

*706Per Curiam.

The three appeals involved in this case are identical with the appeals decided at the present term under the style of H'owarth v. City of DeLand, opinion filed therein on the -20th day of December, 1934. See page 692 of this Report.' ;

' Upon -the authority of our holding in the companion cases of Howarth v. City of DeLand, the order overruling to complainant’s bill and the order striking defendant’s answer to the bill should be affirmed and it is so ordered. The ‘order granting the complainant’s motion for entry of a decree pro confesso is, for the reasons pointed out in that opinion, reversed, and the cause thereupon remanded for further proceedings according to equity practice to be disposed of as may be according to law arid justice, and the opinion of this Court filed in the cases of' Casper Howarth and wife v. City of DeLand, hereinbefore referred to.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part át cost of appellee.

Davis, C. J., and Whitfield, Ellis, Terrell, Brown and Buford, J. J., concur.


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  • The Cnty. of Leon v. State, 122 Fla. 505 (Fla. 1936)
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  • Williams v. The Town of Dunnellon, 125 Fla. 114 (Fla. 1936)
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