This appeal is from a final judgment dismissing a declaration after sustaining a demurrer thereto, the plaintiff declining to plead further. The record and the briefs have been examined, and we find no reversible error. Affirmed. CHAPMAN, C. J., TERRELL, BUFORD and ADAMS, JJ., concur.
This appeal brings for review an order dismissing appellant's bill on motion. The bill discloses that George E. Dill was a licensed real estate broker in Hillsborough County and *Page 97 advertised a piece of real estate for sale. Appellant responded to the "ad' and was shown the property and quoted a selling price of $5,500.00 by the broker. Later appellant was shown the property by the owner, who mentioned a figure of $4,500.00, whereupon appellant said she understood from the broker the...
John Miller was employed by Wilson Cypress Company to cut logs from the St. Johns River. The employer provided sleeping quarters in the form of a house-boat. Miller was sleeping in one when a fire occurred in which he lost his life. At the time of the fire the house-boat was anchored in the edge of the river on the Lake County side. Miller's widow filed a claim for compensation and the deputy commissioner made an award. The full commission approved the deputy commissioner's finding in so far as...
Appellant was convicted of violating Sections 798.02 and 798.05, Fla. Stat. '41, F.S.A., in that she did, lewdly and lasciviously, associate and cohabit with one Oscar Dowdell who was not her husband. The second charge is that appellant, a white woman, and the said Dowdell, a negro man, did habitually live in and occupy, in the night time, the same room. The question before us is whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the convictions. Heretofore the statutes have been construed by us and...
This case is before us on Petition for Writ of Certiorari to review an order and judgment of the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida in and for Dade County. The judgment complained of and sought to be quashed by this proceeding was entered on February 26, 1946, and dismissed *Page 376 the appeal taken to the Circuit Court from the judgment entered in the Civil Court of Record in and for Dade County, Florida in favor of the defendant in a landlord and tenant action. The...
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Under an indictment for the murder of his ex-wife, Nell Whaley, the appellant, William Tammie Whaley, was convicted of manslaughter. He has appealed from the judgment and has assigned as error the refusal of the trial court to grant a motion for new trial on the grounds of the insufficiency of the evidence and on other grounds set forth in the motion. We shall first consider the sufficiency or insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict. In the record is evidence that the married life...
The questions involved in this controversy are presented to us by petition for certiorari to review the ruling of the chancellor that certain parts of the answer withstood a motion to strike them. The suit was brought by appellant, under authority of Section 25 of Chapter 14736, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1931, to foreclose liens of the appellee-sub-drainage district on certain lands, he being the owner of nearly $200,000 worth of its obligations and the district having failed to bring suit to...
The questions involved in this controversy are presented to us by petition for certiorari to review the ruling of the chancellor that certain parts of the answer withstood a motion to strike them. The suit was brought by appellant, under authority of Section 25 of Chapter 14736, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1931, to foreclose liens of the appellee-sub-drainage district on certain lands, he being the owner of nearly $200,000 worth of its obligations and the district having failed to bring suit to...
The questions involved in this controversy are presented to us by petition for certiorari to review the ruling of the chancellor that certain parts of the answer withstood a motion to strike them. The suit was brought by appellant, under authority of Section 25 of Chapter 14736, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1931, to foreclose liens of the appellee-sub-drainage district on certain lands, he being the owner of nearly $200,000 worth of its obligations and the district having failed to bring suit to...
The questions involved in this controversy are presented to us by petition for certiorari to review the ruling of the chancellor that certain parts of the answer withstood a motion to strike them. The suit was brought by appellant, under authority of Section 25 of Chapter 14736, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1931, to foreclose liens of the appellee-sub-drainage district on certain lands, he being the owner of nearly $200,000 worth of its obligations and the district having failed to bring suit to...
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 230 Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were married in October, 1920. Roe Wells, Jr., and two other sons were born to this union. Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were divorced in August, *Page 231 1937. There was a verbal property settlement, not a part of the divorce decree and not pertinent to this litigation. In July, 1939, after Roe E. Wells was married to Emily...
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 230 Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were married in October, 1920. Roe Wells, Jr., and two other sons were born to this union. Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were divorced in August, *Page 231 1937. There was a verbal property settlement, not a part of the divorce decree and not pertinent to this litigation. In July, 1939, after Roe E. Wells was married to Emily...
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 230 Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were married in October, 1920. Roe Wells, Jr., and two other sons were born to this union. Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were divorced in August, *Page 231 1937. There was a verbal property settlement, not a part of the divorce decree and not pertinent to this litigation. In July, 1939, after Roe E. Wells was married to Emily...
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 230 Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were married in October, 1920. Roe Wells, Jr., and two other sons were born to this union. Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were divorced in August, *Page 231 1937. There was a verbal property settlement, not a part of the divorce decree and not pertinent to this litigation. In July, 1939, after Roe E. Wells was married to Emily...
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 230 Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were married in October, 1920. Roe Wells, Jr., and two other sons were born to this union. Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were divorced in August, *Page 231 1937. There was a verbal property settlement, not a part of the divorce decree and not pertinent to this litigation. In July, 1939, after Roe E. Wells was married to Emily...
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 230 Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were married in October, 1920. Roe Wells, Jr., and two other sons were born to this union. Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were divorced in August, *Page 231 1937. There was a verbal property settlement, not a part of the divorce decree and not pertinent to this litigation. In July, 1939, after Roe E. Wells was married to Emily...
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 230 Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were married in October, 1920. Roe Wells, Jr., and two other sons were born to this union. Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were divorced in August, *Page 231 1937. There was a verbal property settlement, not a part of the divorce decree and not pertinent to this litigation. In July, 1939, after Roe E. Wells was married to Emily...
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 230 Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were married in October, 1920. Roe Wells, Jr., and two other sons were born to this union. Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were divorced in August, *Page 231 1937. There was a verbal property settlement, not a part of the divorce decree and not pertinent to this litigation. In July, 1939, after Roe E. Wells was married to Emily...
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 230 Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were married in October, 1920. Roe Wells, Jr., and two other sons were born to this union. Roe E. Wells and Nelle Wells were divorced in August, *Page 231 1937. There was a verbal property settlement, not a part of the divorce decree and not pertinent to this litigation. In July, 1939, after Roe E. Wells was married to Emily...
This is an appeal by the plaintiff in the court below from an order granting a motion of the defendant to dismiss plaintiff's bill. The bill alleges that Walter A. Weed, widower, and the father of the plaintiff Nell Weed and the defendant Jesse W. Knox, being the owner in fee simple of certain described real estate, executed and delivered to his daughters the plaintiff and defendant, a special warranty deed conveying certain described real estate to his said daughters, reserving however to the...
The plaintiff below in his declaration alleged, in part, that on or about June 15, 1943, the defendants were engaged in operating the Atlantis Hotel at Miami Beach, Florida, and the hotel at the time was leased to the United States Army and the defendants were desirous of having the hotel returned to civilian use; that on the 20th day of June, 1943, the defendants employed the plaintiff to obtain information and assist in securing the return of the hotel to civilian use; the defendants promised...
The plaintiff below in his declaration alleged, in part, that on or about June 15, 1943, the defendants were engaged in operating the Atlantis Hotel at Miami Beach, Florida, and the hotel at the time was leased to the United States Army and the defendants were desirous of having the hotel returned to civilian use; that on the 20th day of June, 1943, the defendants employed the plaintiff to obtain information and assist in securing the return of the hotel to civilian use; the defendants promised...
