Smith v. Guckenheimer & Sons
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County. Statement. In this cause the appellant (complainant below) filed his bill on the 5th day of July, 1894,, in the Circuit Court of Hillsborough county, against the appellees, alleging in substance that he was the head of a family consisting of a wife and eig'ht minor children residing in the State of Florida, all of his family residing with him and dependent upon him for support; that on the 28th of April, 1894, and long…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County. Statement. In this cause the appellant (complainant below) filed his bill on the 5th day of July, 1894,, in the Circuit Court of Hillsborough county, against the appellees, alleging in substance that he was the head of a family consisting of a wife and eig'ht minor children residing in the State of Florida, all of his family residing with him and dependent upon him for support; that on the 28th of April, 1894, and long prior thereto, he was the owner in fee simple of lot ten of bloch twenty-eight of Ybor City, a subdivision of the city of…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C. J.:
Upon the question raised in the opinion filed by Mr. Justice Carter, as to whether this court should decide the case upon the abstract of the record or upon the transcript, my view is that this court is bound under its rule 20 to decide the case upon the abstract of the record that has been prepared by the appellant’s counsel, and agreed by the appellees’ counsel to be a correct expose of the transcript of the record by his failure to file under said rule any exception questioning its correctness. I have no doubt of the authority of this court to prescribe such a rule, whose…
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