Legal Opinion

Bowes v. Hoeg

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1875PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the- Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, Duval county. The bill in this case was filed in February, 1875, by IT. H. Hoeg. It alleges substantially that the complainant, with John S. Saminis, Otis L..

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Appeal from the- Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, Duval county. The bill in this case was filed in February, 1875, by IT. H. Hoeg. It alleges substantially that the complainant, with John S. Saminis, Otis L.. Keene, Michael Eowes, John Clark and A. M. Eeed, in January, 1874, associated' themselves together and became incorporated as a company under the act of August 8,1868, as the Jacksonville G-as Light Company, of Jacksonville; that the gas works proposed to be operated by this company had been constructed in 1860, and that plaintiff, Hoeg, was the principal contributor to its…

1Opinion of the Court

WESTCOTT, J.,

delivered the opinion.of the court.

The first order made in this cause, and which the appeal brings to our attention, is the order granting an injunction. The objection that the bill was not properly verified to entitle complainant to an injunction was well taken. The affidavit upon which the injunction is based was made by plaintiff’s counsel, and is as follows :

“ STATE OF FLOEIDA, Duval 'County. — Personally appeared Charles P. Cooper, one of the complainant’s solicitors to the foregoing bill of complaint, who, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That the statements made in the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Campbell v. MorrisonNew York Court of Chancery · 1838
  2. Moore v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of Alabama · 1839

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Godwin v. PhiferSupreme Court of Florida · 1906
  2. Ballard v. Eckman & VetsburgSupreme Court of Florida · 1884
  3. Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Southern Investment Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1907
  4. Allen v. WinstandlyIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Crockett v. CassselsSupreme Court of Florida · 1928

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