Proctor v. Hart
Supreme Court of Florida
This was a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Duval County. The errors assigned in this case are based upon the charges given by the Court below, and upon the refusal of the Court to give in charge to the jury instructions ashed for by Plaintiff in error.
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This was a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Duval County. The errors assigned in this case are based upon the charges given by the Court below, and upon the refusal of the Court to give in charge to the jury instructions ashed for by Plaintiff in error. The bill of exceptions, which was made a part of the record, does not embrace the evidence upon which the charges given by the Court were predicated, nor is there any evidence in the record to show that the instructions asked for by plaintiff were relevant or material, or other than abstract propositions. The fourth plea of…
1Opinion of the CourtDuPONT, J.
This case is brought up from the Circuit Court of Duval County, by writ of error, and the only errors assigned are the exceptions set forth in the bill of exceptions, which constitutes a part of the record before us. In looking into the record, a difficulty is presented at the thresh-hold, which, in the opinion of the Court, is decisive of this case. The matters complained of as error, are confined exclusively to the several “ charges1"1 of the Court below, as given and refused, and the bill of exceptions incorporates no portion of the evidence upon which the charges were predicated. If in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hamilton v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Adams v. EllisSupreme Court of Vermont · 1825
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- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. BeazleySupreme Court of Florida · 1907
- Hoodless v. JerniganSupreme Court of Florida · 1903
- Robinson v. HartridgeSupreme Court of Florida · 1869
- Potsdamer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1880
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