Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. Duncan

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 15, 1857PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Appeal from a judgment in Hamilton Circuit Court. The facts of the case are fully set out in the opinion of the Court, to which reference is made.

1Opinion of the CourtPearson, J.

This was an action for slander, in which Duncan, the appellee, on the 27th day of November, 1855, recovered his judgment against Mitchell, the appellant, for the sum of $1,650, together with costs. Execution was issued upon this judgment, bearing date the 6th day of December, 1855. On the 28th day of December, 1855, this execution was levied upon certain property of the appellant, and on the 4th day of February, 1856, he filed his affidavit of illegality in the following words, to-wit:

Wm. J. J. Duncan, vs. Stewart A. Mitchell, > Slander. In Hamilton Circuit Court — Middle Circuit of Florida.

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2Cited by28 opinions

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  3. Allied Fidelity Ins. Co. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
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