Legal Opinion

Bland v. Mitchell

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 14, 1970No. 2570PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

The petitioner seeks a writ of certio-rari from an order denying his motion to set aside a final judgment in a bastardy action and stay execution thereon. We deny certiorari.

The common law writ of certio-rari sought herein generally lies only in those cases in which it clearly appears that there is no other full, adequate and complete remedy available. See Mapoles v. Wilson, Fla.App.1960, 122 So.2d 249.

Petitioner’s proper remedy was to directly appeal the denial of his motion.

Unfortunately for Bland we are not authorized to construe his petition as a notice of appeal, Engel v. City of North…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mapoles v. WilsonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960
  2. Engel v. City of North MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1959

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Bland v. MitchellSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
  2. Sanders v. ImpellitierDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974

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