Friedman v. Rehm
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for St. John’s County. Statement. On June 4th, 1895, appellants, Joseph L. Friedman and John W. Keiler, partners as Friedman, Keiler & Co., fried their bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of St. John’s county against appellees, Herman Rehm and Robert W.' Simms, alleging that appellants recovered a judgment in said court on May 13th, 1895, against Rehm for $212 damages and $4 costs, and on the same day another judgment against Rehm and one…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for St. John’s County. Statement. On June 4th, 1895, appellants, Joseph L. Friedman and John W. Keiler, partners as Friedman, Keiler & Co., fried their bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of St. John’s county against appellees, Herman Rehm and Robert W.' Simms, alleging that appellants recovered a judgment in said court on May 13th, 1895, against Rehm for $212 damages and $4 costs, and on the same day another judgment against Rehm and one Sullius, a former co-partner of Rehm, for $135.35 damages and $3 costs. The bill alleged that the judgments remained…
1Opinion of the Court
Glen, C.,
(After stating the facts.)
Counsel for appellants in his brief concedes that under the decision of Stribling v. Hart, Executrix, 20 Fla. 235, the chancellor has power, upon a proper showing, to set aside a final decree consequent upon a decree pro confesso, after twenty days from the entry of the final decree,-for the purpose of permitting a defence to be interposed,and asserts that the only question for review is whether the circumstances presented by the record in this case justified the exercise of that power. It appears that the bill was filed in the court below on June 4th, 1895,…
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