Legal Opinion

Indian River Steamboat Co. v. East Coast Transportation Co.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1891PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard county. STATEMENT. The Indian River Steamboat Company, appellant here, by attorneys presented to the Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, at chambers, on the 24th day of November, A. D. 1890, a bill for an injunction against R. P. Paddison, George M. Robbins and Walter S. Graham, associated and doing business as the East Coast Transportation Company, at Titusville, Brevard county, Florida.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard county. STATEMENT. The Indian River Steamboat Company, appellant here, by attorneys presented to the Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, at chambers, on the 24th day of November, A. D. 1890, a bill for an injunction against R. P. Paddison, George M. Robbins and Walter S. Graham, associated and doing business as the East Coast Transportation Company, at Titusville, Brevard county, Florida. The case made in this bill is this : That the Indian River Steamboat Company is a corporation organized under the laws of Florida, with its usual place of business…

1Opinion of the Court

Mabry, J.:

The question sought to be presented by the motion to strike the answer of respondents from the files does not .properly arise. The bill was filed against R. P. Paddison, George M. Robbins and Walter S. Graham, *411doing business as the East Coast Transportation Company. The answer alleges that G. F. Paddison, George M. Robbins and Walter S. Graham composed the East Coast Transportation Company, and that R. P. Paddison was only an employe of said company. It is further stated in the answer that said company was then incorporated under the laws of Florida, but respondents waive the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Packet Co. v. KeokukSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Transportation Co. v. ParkersburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  3. Cannon v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  4. State v. Hartford & New Haven RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1861
  5. Dudley & Carpenter v. Hurst, Miller & Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1887

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Masser v. the London Operating Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1932
  2. Godwin v. PhiferSupreme Court of Florida · 1906
  3. Wiggins & Johnson v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Florida · 1895
  4. Orlando Orange Groves Co. v. HaleSupreme Court of Florida · 1932
  5. State Ex Rel. Burr v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1925

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