Legal Opinion

Simms v. Kennedy

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 5, 1917PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Writ of Error to Circuit Court for Duval County. Daniel A. Simmons, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.

Defendant in error brought an action against Robert W. Simms to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by her as she passed along the sidewalk on a public street in Jacksonville, Florida, by the falling of a part of an awning overhanging the sidewalk and attached to a building belonging to Simms but occupied by another person under a lease from Simms. The first count of the declaration alleges in effect that on November 11, 1914, the defendant “was the owner of a certain building and metal awning attached thereto and being a part thereof and extending over and above the public…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. King v. Cooney-Eckstein Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1913
  2. Uggla v. BrokawAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
  3. Kalis v. ShattuckCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Cerchione v. HunnewellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
  5. Miller v. FisherCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1909

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Brooks v. PetersSupreme Court of Florida · 1946
  2. Kauffman v. First-Central Trust Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1949
  3. Rollins A. Miller v. Sinclair Refining CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  4. Salt Lake City v. SchubachUtah Supreme Court · 1945
  5. Kapetanopoulos v. HerbertDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984

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