GAZELLE B. MOWREY, INDIVIDUALLY, AND SALLY ANNE EVANS, A MINOR, BY GAZELLE B. MOWREY, MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND, APPELLANTS,

v.

NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON, A MASSACHUSETTS CORPORATION, JOYCE EVANS MCKAY, AND VERNA EVANS, APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By

• Jackson v. Adkins, 241 So. 2d 728 (Fla. 3d DCA 1970)
  …PER CURIAM. Affirmed on authority of Seaboard Surety Co. v. Acme Wellpoint Corp., Fla.App.1963, 156 So. 2d 688.…
• Grayrobinson, P.A. v. Fireline Restoration, Inc., 46 So. 3d 170 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010)
  …er no obligation to show that issues do remain to be tried.” Holl v. Talcott, 191 So. 2d 40, 43 (Fla.1966). Garnishment is a statutory remedy which is limited to the scope and authority of the statute. See Seaboard Sur. Co. v. Acme Wellpoint Corp., 156 So. 2d 688, 689 (Fla. 2d DCA 1963). In Reaves v. Domestic Finance Co., 113 Fla. 672, 152 So. 718, 720 (1934), the court set the limits of the garnishee’s liability: [T]he plaintiffs claim against the garnishee can rise no higher than the claim of the defendan…
• Usameribank v. Klepal, 100 So. 3d 56 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011)
  …1 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990) (noting that “the general rule against retrospective operation of statutes” does not apply to remedial statutes (quoting City of Lakeland v. Catinella, 129 So. 2d 133, 136 (Fla.1961))); Seaboard Sur. Co. v. Acme Wellpoint Corp., 156 So. 2d 688, 689 (Fla. 2d DCA 1963) (noting that garnishment is a remedial tool created by statute).…

Authorities Cited

• Miller v. Gulf Life Ins. Co., 152 Fla. 221 (Fla. 1942)
• Cadore v. Cadore, 67 So. 2d 635 (Fla. 1953)
• Shannahan v. Shannahan, 127 Fla. 718 (Fla. 1937)