Columbia Casualty Co. v. McFee

DREW, Chief Justice.

The respondent George McFee has moved to dismiss the petition for review of an order of the Industrial Commission entered April 19, 1955, on the ground that the petition was not timely filed. The petition with airmail postage affixed was deposited in the post office at West Palm Beach before 10:00 a. m., on Friday, June 17, 1955, the fifty-ninth day after entry of the order sought to be reviewed. The petition was not delivered on the next day to the office of this court, but was received here for filing on Monday, June 20, 1955.

Rule 16(1), Supreme Court Rules, 30 F.S.A.,…