Lewis v. City of Miami, (1937)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
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Visitors: 13
Judges: DAVIS, J.
Attorneys: Hendricks Hendricks, for Plaintiff in Error;
J.W. Watson, Jr., Mitchell D. Price, Charles W. Zaring and Jack R. Kirchik, for Defendant in Error.
Filed: Mar. 04, 1937
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: The City of Miami maintains and operates a jail for the incarceration of prisoners who have been convicted of offenses against the ordinances of the city. In this case the City of Miami was sued by one Pat Lewis, a minor, who alleged in his declaration that the municipality aforesaid knowingly failed to segregate from among prisoners *Page 428 whom it confined within its said city jail, one of its prisoners who was known to be then and there infected with a vile and loathsome venereal disease, a
Summary: The City of Miami maintains and operates a jail for the incarceration of prisoners who have been convicted of offenses against the ordinances of the city. In this case the City of Miami was sued by one Pat Lewis, a minor, who alleged in his declaration that the municipality aforesaid knowingly failed to segregate from among prisoners *Page 428 whom it confined within its said city jail, one of its prisoners who was known to be then and there infected with a vile and loathsome venereal disease, as..
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I agree to the conclusion reached. The result attained may be justified solely on authority of Kaufman v. City of Tallahassee,84 Fla. 634, S.R.
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