Foster v. Cooper, (1940)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
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Visitors: 23
Judges: BUFORD, J.
Attorneys: G.B. Fishback, for Appellant;
Tilden, Hays Walker and A. Edwin Shinholser, for Appellee.
Filed: Jun. 14, 1940
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: The appeal brings for review order affirming award by the Florida Industrial Commission which order of affirmance is as follows: *Page 495 "This cause came on to be heard on appeal of both the parties herein from an award of the Florida Industrial Commission, and counsel for both of said parties submitted briefs for the Court's consideration, and the Court carefully considered said briefs and the record of said cause and was duly advised in the premises. "Under the provisions of the law authoriz
Summary: The appeal brings for review order affirming award by the Florida Industrial Commission which order of affirmance is as follows: *Page 495 "This cause came on to be heard on appeal of both the parties herein from an award of the Florida Industrial Commission, and counsel for both of said parties submitted briefs for the Court's consideration, and the Court carefully considered said briefs and the record of said cause and was duly advised in the premises. "Under the provisions of the law authorizi..
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On the evidence before the commission the commission held that as a matter of fact the service station and taxi business were different departments of the same business; that they were not separate and distinct enterprises; and that appellant Foster was
the sole employer of the men employed in both branches of said business. The circuit court, in my judgment, property approved these findings. See Croft v. American Agricultural Chem. Co.,81 Fla. 55, 87 So. 41.
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