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Southern Pine Co. v. Powell

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1904PublishedCited by 13 opinions

This case was decided by the court Bn Banc. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Duval county- Statement. On the 14th day of September, 1903, the defendants in error brought an action of assumpsit in the Circuit Court in and for Duval county against J. P. Middlemas and C. D. Moore, partners doing business as J. P. Middlemas & Company, and on the same day caused a writ of attachment to be issued out of said court, which was levied on the 15th day of said month upon a lot of…

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This case was decided by the court Bn Banc. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Duval county- Statement. On the 14th day of September, 1903, the defendants in error brought an action of assumpsit in the Circuit Court in and for Duval county against J. P. Middlemas and C. D. Moore, partners doing business as J. P. Middlemas & Company, and on the same day caused a writ of attachment to be issued out of said court, which was levied on the 15th day of said month upon a lot of lumber of about one hundred and eighty thousand feet as the property of the said defendants in attachment. On the 23rd…

1Opinion of the CourtShackleford, J.

(after stating the facts'). — The first error assigned is as follows: “That the said Circuit Court erred in giving the following portion of the oral charge, which it gave to the jury of its own motion, to-wit: ‘You, therefore, start out, gentlemen, with an admission on both sides that the property was at one time, prior to the attachment, the property of J. P. Middlemas & Company. You go by the testimony from that point to reach your conclusions as to whether the claimant is entitled to the property or whether the plaintiff in the attachment suit is entitled to make his debt of J. P.…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad v. FoxworthSupreme Court of Florida · 1899
  2. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. YniestraSupreme Court of Florida · 1886
  3. Pinson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
  4. Ashmead v. WilsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1886
  5. Baker v. ChatfieldSupreme Court of Florida · 1887

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. BeazleySupreme Court of Florida · 1907
  2. Bessett v. HackettSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
  3. Cross v. AbySupreme Court of Florida · 1908
  4. Bambu v. EI Dupont De Nemours & Co., Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  5. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1906

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