90 So. 2d 610 (1956) Charles GEISER and Millard B. Conklin and United States of America, Appellants, v. PERMACRETE, INC., et al., Appellees. No. 27068. Supreme Court of Florida. Division B. November 7, 1956. Rehearing Denied December 4, 1956. *611 Millard B. Conklin, Daytona Beach, for appellants. Raymond, Wilson & Karl, Anthony J. Grezik, Massfeller & Stewart and Berrien H. Becks, Daytona Beach, for appellees. O'CONNELL, Justice. Appellants Charles Geiser and Millard B. Conklin are assignees...
84 So. 2d 554 (1956) Joseph C. ZUKOR, Appellant, v. Herbert HILL and A.G. Garcia, Co-partners, Appellees. Supreme Court of Florida. Division B. January 11, 1956. *555 Billie B. Bush, Tampa, for appellant. T. Paine Kelly, Jr., of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for appellees. THOMAS, Justice. In this appeal the propriety of the court's order allowing the filing of an additional plea, and the validity of a summary judgment are questioned. A chronology of the proceedings is necessary...
90 So. 2d 308 (1956) Samuel A. YOUNGHANS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B. October 31, 1956. *309 Robert C. Lane and Curtiss B. Hamilton, Miami, for appellant. Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Joseph P. Manners, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee. ROBERTS, Justice. This is an application for bail pending an appeal to this court from a judgment convicting appellant of a criminal offense, the appellant having been unsuccessful in the trial court...
89 So. 2d 503 (1956) L.H. YOUNGBLOOD, Appellant, v. Frank Herbert TAYLOR, Appellee. Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B. September 12, 1956. *504 Bishop & Bornstein, Orlando, for appellant. Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, Orlando, for appellee. THOMAS, Justice. The defendant in the trial court, appellee now, offered a motion for judgment on the pleadings and the circuit judge granted it reciting that after considering the pleadings and the stipulation of counsel he had concluded that no...
91 So. 2d 649 (1956) Ila WINTERS, Appellant, v. Lucille PARKS, as Executrix of the Estate of Walter Lee Winters, deceased, and Lucille Parks, Individually, and Cyrus J. Winters and Minnie L. Winters, his wife, Appellees. Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc. October 24, 1956. Rehearing Denied December 14, 1956. *650 Paul Game and Hardee & Hardee, Tampa, for appellant. Hill, Hill & Dickenson and Robert Trask Mann, Tampa, for appellees. THORNAL, Justice. Appellant, Ila Winters, who was plaintiff...
91 So. 2d 809 (1956) G.A. WINSTEAD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division A. November 28, 1956. Rehearing Denied January 22, 1957. *810 Liddon, Isler & Welch, Panama City, and Marion B. Knight, Blountstown, for appellant. Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Joseph P. Manners, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee. HOBSON, Justice. Defendant, a medical doctor, appeals from judgment entered consequent upon a verdict of guilty as charged, the information...
91 So. 2d 857 (1956) W.H. WILSON, Appellant, v. Lawrence W. RENFROE, as County Judge, County Judge's Court, Leon County, Florida, Appellee. Supreme Court of Florida, Division A. December 7, 1956. Rehearing Denied February 1, 1957. *858 Ausley & Ausley, D. Fred McMullen, Atkinson & Williams and George W. Atkinson, Tallahassee, for appellant. Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Jos. P. Manners, Asst. Atty. Gen., and W.J. Oven, Jr., Tallahassee, for appellee. THORNAL, Justice. Appellant Wilson, the...
90 So. 2d 129 (1956) W.A. WHITE, Appellant, v. Leonard L. FLETCHER, Appellee. Supreme Court of Florida. Division B. October 24, 1956. *130 Harris L. Kimball, of the office of J. Russell Hornsby, Orlando, for appellant. M.W. Wells of Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, Orlando, for appellee. O'CONNELL, Justice. The appellant, W.A. White, plaintiff below, was a police officer for the City of Orlando. In July, 1953, much public attention was focused on White, who was a witness in the prosecution of a...
89 So. 2d 485 (1956) James S. WELCH, Administrator of Estate of W.H. Bowen, deceased, Appellant, v. Bertha MOOTHART, Appellee. Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division A. September 12, 1956. *486 Mabry, Reaves, Carlton, Fields & Ward and O.K. Reaves, Tampa, for appellant. J. Hardin Peterson, Jr., Lakeland, for appellee. HOBSON, Justice. This is an appeal by defendant, as administrator of the Estate of W.H. Bowen, deceased, from a judgment of the circuit court entered consequent upon a verdict...
85 So. 2d 865 (1956) Mrs. Grace WEIR, Appellant, v. PALM BEACH COUNTY, and the State Road Department of the State of Florida, Appellees. Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division A. March 7, 1956. *866 Anderson, Scott, McCarthy & Preston and Dwight Sullivan, Miami, for appellant. Harry A. Johnston and Henry F. Lilienthal, West Palm Beach, for Palm Beach County. Bryan W. Henry, Miami, for State Road Department of Florida. THORNAL, Justice. Appellant Weir who was plaintiff below appeals from a...
91 So. 2d 179 (1956) John W. WEATHERFORD, Appellant, v. Gladys J. WEATHERFORD, Appellee. Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division A. December 12, 1956. W. Wallace Shafer of Bentley, Shafer & Miller, Lakeland, for appellant. Carver & Langston, Lakeland, for appellee. PEARSON, Associate Justice. Appellee has filed motion to dismiss the pending appeal on the ground that appellant has waived and abandoned his right to attack the final decree entered in this cause. Appellee filed complaint for...
88 So. 2d 133 (1956) HOWARD H. WATSON, Appellant, v. Lucille WATSON, Appellee. Supreme Court of Florida, Division B. June 6, 1956. *134 E.M. Knight, Lakeland, for appellant. H.E. Oxford, Lakeland, for appellee. ROBERTS, Justice. The principal point for determination here is whether, in the circumstances shown by this record, the lower court had jurisdiction to modify the provision of a divorce decree which required the father to pay to the mother support money for the minor children of the...
85 So. 2d 548 (1956) F.E. WATSON, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH, a municipal corporation, Phillip L. Wright and Bruce B. Sweat, Appellees. Supreme Court of Florida. Division B. February 10, 1956. Rehearing Denied March 5, 1956. Fred R. Brannon, Jr., New Smyrna Beach, for appellant. Hull, Landis, Graham & French, De Land, for appellee. THOMAS, Justice. This controversy involves a transaction between Mr. Phillip L. Wright and the City of New Smyrna Beach. The position of the appellee, Mr....
91 So. 2d 621 (1956) Ishmael WASHINGTON, Petitioner, v. Nathan MAYO, Custodian of Florida State Prison, Respondent. Supreme Court of Florida. Division A. December 19, 1956. Rehearing Denied January 17, 1957. *622 Ishmael Washington, in pro. per. Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent. THORNAL, Justice. By petition for writ of habeas corpus the petitioner Washington seeks release from the State Prison where he is held pursuant to conviction and sentence...
88 So. 2d 120 (1956) WALTER DENSON & SON and Virginia Mutual Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. John D. NELSON and Florida Industrial Commission, Respondents. Supreme Court of Florida, Division A. May 30, 1956. Marks, Gray, Yates & Conroy and Harry T. Gray, Francis P. Conroy and Lloyd C. Leemis, Jacksonville, for petitioners. Nathan Bedell, Jacksonville, Burnis T. Coleman and Rodney Durrance, Tallahassee, for respondents. THORNAL, Justice. Petitioners, who were the employer and insurance...
88 So. 2d 751 (1956) WAGS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, INC., A CORPORATION, ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ETC., RESPONDENT. Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division A. July 3, 1956. Warren, Klein & Moore and Sibley & Davis, Miami Beach, for petitioners. Ben Shepard, Miami, for City of Miami Beach. Shutts, Bowen, Simmons, Prevatt & Julian, Miami, for Preston G. Prevatt, Tedland Realty Corp., Gilda Dahlberg and Polly Lux. PER CURIAM. The entitlement to this petition involves the...
88 So. 2d 611 (1956) FRANK D. WAGNER, HARRY L. ROBINSON AND W.L. WHEELER, AS MEMBERS OF AND CONSTITUTING THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPELLANTS, v. FRANCES BOTTS, AS TAX ASSESSOR OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPELLEE. Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division B. June 29, 1956. W.H. Watson, Watson & Brown and Forsyth Caro, Pensacola, for appellants. William Fisher and Fisher & Hepner, Pensacola, for appellee. *612 THORNAL, Justice. Appellants, who were defendants below,...
84 So. 2d 563 (1956) F.G. VOSS, Appellant, v. A.E. FORGUE, Appellee. Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division A. January 4, 1956. Noble C. Doss, Gulfport, for appellant. Charles J. Schuh and Son, St. Petersburg, for appellee. TERRELL, Justice. Prior to May 15, 1954, appellee acquired title to Lots 14 and 15, Block 1, F.J. Burn's Realty Company's Replat as recorded in the Public Records of Pinellas County. Appellant acquired title to Lot 16, Block 1, same subdivision. On or about May 15, 1954,...
88 So. 2d 302 (1956) VOLUSIA DISCOUNT COMPANY, Inc., a Corporation, Appellant, v. ALEXANDER K-F MOTORS, a Division of Kaiser Fraser Sales Corporation, Appellee. Supreme Court of Florida, Division A. May 25, 1956. Rehearing Denied July 5, 1956. *303 Raymond, Wilson & Karl, Daytona Beach, for appellant. Hull, Landis, Graham & French, Daytona Beach, for appellee. THORNAL, Justice. Appellant Volusia Discount Company, Inc., which was defendant below, seeks reversal of a summary judgment awarding...
86 So. 2d 643 (1956) VIRGINIA SURETY COMPANY, Incorporated, a corporation, Appellant, v. T.N. RUSS, Appellee. Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division A. April 4, 1956. J. Thomas Gurney, Orlando, for appellant. Rodgers & Kirkland, Orlando, for appellee. O'CONNELL, Justice. The appellant company challenges a judgment and verdict rendered against it in an action at law by appellee based upon a policy of insurance issued by appellant, covering vehicles used by appellee in his truck line. The...
