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Young v. Schaeffer, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Apr. 27, 1945

Petition for certiorari is granted and the final decree of the circuit court is quashed but with leave to amend if desired. See Straus v. Straus, 148 Fla. 23 , 3 So. 2d 727 ; Kollar v. Kollar, 155 Fla. 705 , 21 So. 2d 356 . CHAPMAN, C. J., TERRELL, BUFORD and ADAMS, JJ., concur.

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Woodley v. Falkner, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Mar. 09, 1945

This is a compensate case. Recovery was denied by the deputy commissioner, the whole commission and the circuit court because the deceased did not come to his death by reason of injuries sustained in the course of his employment. We have studied the record and find no error in the conclusion reached below. Also, we find no error of law in the record and the judgment appealed from is affirmed. *Page 685 TERRELL, BROWN, BUFORD, JJ., concur. THOMAS and SEBRING, JJ., agree to conclusion. CHAPMAN, C....

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Winter v. Luxmoore, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jul. 05, 1945

Appeal dismissed on motion of counsel for appellees.

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Winn Lovett Grocery Co. v. Luke, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Dec. 04, 1945

This case is before us on a petition for the issuance of the common law writ of certiorari to review a judgment rendered by Circuit Court Judge Bayard B. Shields, one of the Judges of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, affirming a judgment of the Civil Court of Record of Duval County. According to this transcript, the verdict of the jury was rendered on April 17, 1945, and the judgment of the Civil Court of Record was entered on May 15, 1945, whereas the appeal to the Circuit Court was entered and...

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Winn Lovett Grocery Co. v. Luke, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Dec. 04, 1945

This case is before us on a petition for the issuance of the common law writ of certiorari to review a judgment rendered by Circuit Court Judge Bayard B. Shields, one of the Judges of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, affirming a judgment of the Civil Court of Record of Duval County. According to this transcript, the verdict of the jury was rendered on April 17, 1945, and the judgment of the Civil Court of Record was entered on May 15, 1945, whereas the appeal to the Circuit Court was entered and...

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Winn Lovett Grocery Co. v. Luke, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Dec. 04, 1945

This case is before us on a petition for the issuance of the common law writ of certiorari to review a judgment rendered by Circuit Court Judge Bayard B. Shields, one of the Judges of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, affirming a judgment of the Civil Court of Record of Duval County. According to this transcript, the verdict of the jury was rendered on April 17, 1945, and the judgment of the Civil Court of Record was entered on May 15, 1945, whereas the appeal to the Circuit Court was entered and...

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Winn Lovett Grocery Co. v. Luke, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Dec. 04, 1945

This case is before us on a petition for the issuance of the common law writ of certiorari to review a judgment rendered by Circuit Court Judge Bayard B. Shields, one of the Judges of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, affirming a judgment of the Civil Court of Record of Duval County. According to this transcript, the verdict of the jury was rendered on April 17, 1945, and the judgment of the Civil Court of Record was entered on May 15, 1945, whereas the appeal to the Circuit Court was entered and...

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Winn Lovett Grocery Co. v. Farrington, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Dec. 18, 1945

The petition for certiorari to review an order of the Circuit Court, reversing an order of the Civil Court of Record granting a motion for new trial, is denied. CHAPMAN, C. J., BROWN, BUFORD and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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Wilson v. State, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jan. 26, 1945

The appellant was charged with having committed robbery while he was armed with a dangerous weapon and while he entertained the intent to kill or maim his victim if resistance was offered. The crime denominated "robbery by person armed" is defined in Section 813.01, Florida Statutes, 1941, and F.S.A. The jury found the defendant "guilty of armed robbery as charged"; then added, "But with no intention to kill or maim." The trial judge when passing sentence adjudged the defendant guilty of "armed...

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Willis v. Van Woy, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jan. 16, 1945

On a former appeal the sufficiency of a second amended bill of complaint in the case at bar was sustained as against a motion to dismiss on various grounds. See Van Woy v. Willis, 153 Fla. 189 , 14 So. 2d 185 . On the going down of the mandate an answer thereto was filed by Pierre L. Willis. Evidence on the issues made by the pleadings was taken by the respective parties and on final hearing the equities of the cause were found to be with the plaintiff below, and a final decree was entered...

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Willis v. Van Woy, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jan. 16, 1945

On a former appeal the sufficiency of a second amended bill of complaint in the case at bar was sustained as against a motion to dismiss on various grounds. See Van Woy v. Willis, 153 Fla. 189 , 14 So. 2d 185 . On the going down of the mandate an answer thereto was filed by Pierre L. Willis. Evidence on the issues made by the pleadings was taken by the respective parties and on final hearing the equities of the cause were found to be with the plaintiff below, and a final decree was entered...

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Willis v. Van Woy, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jan. 16, 1945

On a former appeal the sufficiency of a second amended bill of complaint in the case at bar was sustained as against a motion to dismiss on various grounds. See Van Woy v. Willis, 153 Fla. 189 , 14 So. 2d 185 . On the going down of the mandate an answer thereto was filed by Pierre L. Willis. Evidence on the issues made by the pleadings was taken by the respective parties and on final hearing the equities of the cause were found to be with the plaintiff below, and a final decree was entered...

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Willis v. Van Woy, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jan. 16, 1945

On a former appeal the sufficiency of a second amended bill of complaint in the case at bar was sustained as against a motion to dismiss on various grounds. See Van Woy v. Willis, 153 Fla. 189 , 14 So. 2d 185 . On the going down of the mandate an answer thereto was filed by Pierre L. Willis. Evidence on the issues made by the pleadings was taken by the respective parties and on final hearing the equities of the cause were found to be with the plaintiff below, and a final decree was entered...

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Willis v. Van Woy, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jan. 16, 1945

On a former appeal the sufficiency of a second amended bill of complaint in the case at bar was sustained as against a motion to dismiss on various grounds. See Van Woy v. Willis, 153 Fla. 189 , 14 So. 2d 185 . On the going down of the mandate an answer thereto was filed by Pierre L. Willis. Evidence on the issues made by the pleadings was taken by the respective parties and on final hearing the equities of the cause were found to be with the plaintiff below, and a final decree was entered...

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Willis v. Van Woy, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jan. 16, 1945

On a former appeal the sufficiency of a second amended bill of complaint in the case at bar was sustained as against a motion to dismiss on various grounds. See Van Woy v. Willis, 153 Fla. 189 , 14 So. 2d 185 . On the going down of the mandate an answer thereto was filed by Pierre L. Willis. Evidence on the issues made by the pleadings was taken by the respective parties and on final hearing the equities of the cause were found to be with the plaintiff below, and a final decree was entered...

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Willis v. Van Woy, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jan. 16, 1945

On a former appeal the sufficiency of a second amended bill of complaint in the case at bar was sustained as against a motion to dismiss on various grounds. See Van Woy v. Willis, 153 Fla. 189 , 14 So. 2d 185 . On the going down of the mandate an answer thereto was filed by Pierre L. Willis. Evidence on the issues made by the pleadings was taken by the respective parties and on final hearing the equities of the cause were found to be with the plaintiff below, and a final decree was entered...

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Willis v. Van Woy, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jan. 16, 1945

On a former appeal the sufficiency of a second amended bill of complaint in the case at bar was sustained as against a motion to dismiss on various grounds. See Van Woy v. Willis, 153 Fla. 189 , 14 So. 2d 185 . On the going down of the mandate an answer thereto was filed by Pierre L. Willis. Evidence on the issues made by the pleadings was taken by the respective parties and on final hearing the equities of the cause were found to be with the plaintiff below, and a final decree was entered...

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Willis v. Van Woy, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jan. 16, 1945

On a former appeal the sufficiency of a second amended bill of complaint in the case at bar was sustained as against a motion to dismiss on various grounds. See Van Woy v. Willis, 153 Fla. 189 , 14 So. 2d 185 . On the going down of the mandate an answer thereto was filed by Pierre L. Willis. Evidence on the issues made by the pleadings was taken by the respective parties and on final hearing the equities of the cause were found to be with the plaintiff below, and a final decree was entered...

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Willis v. Johnson, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Nov. 06, 1945

Affirmed. CHAPMAN, C. J., BROWN, THOMAS and SEBRING, JJ., concur.

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Williams v. State, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jul. 20, 1945

Affirmed. CHAPMAN, C. J., BROWN, THOMAS and SEBRING, JJ., concur.

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Williams v. State, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jul. 20, 1945

A foul murder was committed when two colored men entered the shop in Tampa of Nick the Tailor, struck an elderly clerk dead with a concrete block which one of them concealed in a sack, rifled the cash register, and fled. A majority of this court entertain the view, however, that the judgment finding the appellant guilty cannot stand because of the manner of obtaining his confession. There is grave doubt that there could have been a conviction without this testimony of the defendant against...

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Williams v. State, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jul. 20, 1945

A foul murder was committed when two colored men entered the shop in Tampa of Nick the Tailor, struck an elderly clerk dead with a concrete block which one of them concealed in a sack, rifled the cash register, and fled. A majority of this court entertain the view, however, that the judgment finding the appellant guilty cannot stand because of the manner of obtaining his confession. There is grave doubt that there could have been a conviction without this testimony of the defendant against...

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Williams v. State, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jul. 20, 1945

A foul murder was committed when two colored men entered the shop in Tampa of Nick the Tailor, struck an elderly clerk dead with a concrete block which one of them concealed in a sack, rifled the cash register, and fled. A majority of this court entertain the view, however, that the judgment finding the appellant guilty cannot stand because of the manner of obtaining his confession. There is grave doubt that there could have been a conviction without this testimony of the defendant against...

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Williams v. State, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jul. 20, 1945

A foul murder was committed when two colored men entered the shop in Tampa of Nick the Tailor, struck an elderly clerk dead with a concrete block which one of them concealed in a sack, rifled the cash register, and fled. A majority of this court entertain the view, however, that the judgment finding the appellant guilty cannot stand because of the manner of obtaining his confession. There is grave doubt that there could have been a conviction without this testimony of the defendant against...

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Williams v. McClellan, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Feb. 16, 1945

Upon consideration of the record and briefs, the decree appealed from is affirmed. It is so ordered. CHAPMAN, C. J., BROWN, THOMAS and SEBRING, JJ., concur.

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Williamson v. Williamson, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jun. 15, 1945

This suit is symbolic of a phenomenon new in the law of domestic relations but growing in frequency, a chain divorce suit dealing with a chain marriage. This is the third time it has reached this Court and the only question we are admonished to illuminate is a controversy between counsel as to what we decided in our former adjudications. The first appeal was from a final decree granting a divorce and awarding alimony in the sum of $150 per month for nine months and then $75 per month for nine...

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Williamson v. Williamson, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jun. 15, 1945

This suit is symbolic of a phenomenon new in the law of domestic relations but growing in frequency, a chain divorce suit dealing with a chain marriage. This is the third time it has reached this Court and the only question we are admonished to illuminate is a controversy between counsel as to what we decided in our former adjudications. The first appeal was from a final decree granting a divorce and awarding alimony in the sum of $150 per month for nine months and then $75 per month for nine...

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Williamson v. Williamson, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jun. 15, 1945

This suit is symbolic of a phenomenon new in the law of domestic relations but growing in frequency, a chain divorce suit dealing with a chain marriage. This is the third time it has reached this Court and the only question we are admonished to illuminate is a controversy between counsel as to what we decided in our former adjudications. The first appeal was from a final decree granting a divorce and awarding alimony in the sum of $150 per month for nine months and then $75 per month for nine...

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Williamson v. Williamson, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jun. 15, 1945

This suit is symbolic of a phenomenon new in the law of domestic relations but growing in frequency, a chain divorce suit dealing with a chain marriage. This is the third time it has reached this Court and the only question we are admonished to illuminate is a controversy between counsel as to what we decided in our former adjudications. The first appeal was from a final decree granting a divorce and awarding alimony in the sum of $150 per month for nine months and then $75 per month for nine...

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Williamson v. State, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: Jan. 23, 1945

Appellant, having been brought on for trial under an indictment charging that William Claud Williamson on the 5th day of June, 1943, in the County and State aforesaid, while operating a motor vehicle on a public thoroughfare, to-wit: State Road No. 39, did unlawfully through the means of such motor vehicle, inflict injury and damage to the person of Delmar Corbitt, and did leave the scene of such accident without stopping his said motor vehicle and rendering all possible assistance to help the...

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Wicker v. the Board of Public Instruction, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: May 22, 1945

Appeal is from the judgment entered on demurrer sustained to a declaration. The declaration is of considerable length; the effect of its allegations are that on the 28th of September, 1926, the Board of Public Instruction of Dade County entered into a written contract with Whitphel Properties, Inc., executed under its corporate seal, wherein it promised and agreed to purchase and pay for a certain tract of land in Dade County to be used for school purposes and Whitphel Properties, Inc., agreed...

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Wicker v. the Board of Public Instruction, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: May 22, 1945

Appeal is from the judgment entered on demurrer sustained to a declaration. The declaration is of considerable length; the effect of its allegations are that on the 28th of September, 1926, the Board of Public Instruction of Dade County entered into a written contract with Whitphel Properties, Inc., executed under its corporate seal, wherein it promised and agreed to purchase and pay for a certain tract of land in Dade County to be used for school purposes and Whitphel Properties, Inc., agreed...

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Wicker v. the Board of Public Instruction, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: May 22, 1945

Appeal is from the judgment entered on demurrer sustained to a declaration. The declaration is of considerable length; the effect of its allegations are that on the 28th of September, 1926, the Board of Public Instruction of Dade County entered into a written contract with Whitphel Properties, Inc., executed under its corporate seal, wherein it promised and agreed to purchase and pay for a certain tract of land in Dade County to be used for school purposes and Whitphel Properties, Inc., agreed...

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Wicker v. the Board of Public Instruction, (1945)
Supreme Court of Florida Filed: May 22, 1945

Appeal is from the judgment entered on demurrer sustained to a declaration. The declaration is of considerable length; the effect of its allegations are that on the 28th of September, 1926, the Board of Public Instruction of Dade County entered into a written contract with Whitphel Properties, Inc., executed under its corporate seal, wherein it promised and agreed to purchase and pay for a certain tract of land in Dade County to be used for school purposes and Whitphel Properties, Inc., agreed...

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