Legal Opinion

City of Miami v. Bethel

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided April 28, 1953PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

65 So.2d 34 (1953)

CITY OF MIAMI

v.

BETHEL et al.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

April 28, 1953.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 1953.

S.O. Carson, J.W. Watson, Jr., John H. Wahl, Jr., and Walton Hubbard, Schroeder, Lantaff & Atkins, Miami, for appellant.

Morehead, Forrest, Brown & Gotthardt and Lawrence G. Ropes, Jr., Miami, for appellees.

SEBRING, Justice.

The City of Miami has appealed from an adverse judgment rendered in an action at law instituted by the appellee, Kelsey Bethel, to recover damages for injuries resulting to him from an alleged beating by two police officers of the municipality.

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Keggin v. County of HillsboroughSupreme Court of Florida · 1916
  2. Kaufman v. City of TallahasseeSupreme Court of Florida · 1922
  3. City of Tallahassee v. KaufmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1924
  4. State Ex Rel. Watkins v. FernandezSupreme Court of Florida · 1932
  5. Ballard v. City of TampaSupreme Court of Florida · 1936

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Hargrove v. Town of Cocoa BeachSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  2. City of Miami v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1965
  3. Cauley v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  4. Akin v. City of MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
  5. Neumann v. Davis Water and Waste, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983

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