Legal Opinion
City of Tampa v. Easton
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided November 26, 1940PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, P. J.
The writ of error herein was taken to a judgment of the circuit court awarding damages against the city for injuries to defendant in error and his automobile, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of a named driver of an automobile truck owned by the city while it was being operated on a designated street of the city with the knowledge or consent of the city. It is contended that the city is not in law liable for the injury on the alleged ground that the truck was owned by the city and was being operated by a named driver on the city streets with the knowledge and consent of the city…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of Florida · 1920
- Albritton v. ScottSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
- Anderson v. Southern Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1917
- County of San Mateo v. CoburnCalifornia Supreme Court · 1900
- Keggin v. County of HillsboroughSupreme Court of Florida · 1916
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3Cited by22 opinions
- American Home Assur. v. NAT. RR CORP.Supreme Court of Florida · 2005
- City of Green Cove Springs v. Yvonne DonaldsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Lynch v. WalkerSupreme Court of Florida · 1947
- City of St. Petersburg, Etc., and Jack Puryear, as Director of the Bureau of Recreation of the City of St. Petersburg, Florida v. Fred AlsupCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Mullis v. City of MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
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