Legal Opinion

Duncan v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 15, 1892PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Columbia county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Taylor, J. :

The plaintiff in error, Joseph Duncan,, was indicted at the Pall Term, 1891, of. the. Circuit Court of Columbia county as follows, opiitting the formal, parts of the Indictment: “That Joseph Duncan, late of said *445county, laborer, on the 17th day of May, A. D. 1891, at and in the county, circuit and State aforesaid, with force-and arms did then and there'unlawfully, wantonly and maliciously injure by setting fire to and burning the trestle of the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company, a corporation doing business in the State of Florida, in such manner as to endanger the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Brister v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
  2. Young v. BlackSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
  3. Enfield Toll Bridge Co. v. Hartford & New-Haven Rail-RoadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1845
  4. Fowle v. Common Council of AlexandriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1826
  5. Andrews v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1885

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Thalheim v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1896
  2. Holland v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1897
  3. Lowman v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1920
  4. Di Bona v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960
  5. Davis v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908

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