Van Pelt v. Hilliard
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from Count of Record for Escambia County, C. M. Jones, Judge. , STATEMENT. On October 9th, 1917, Hiliiard filed his bill in chancery in the Court of Record of Escambia County, against J. C. Yan Pelt, as Sheriff, alleging that Hilliard was engaged in and carried on the business of a restaurant keeper at No. 222 South Palafox Street,,in the City of Pensacola, and in connection with said'business received and stored in his place of business beer and liquors, which was…
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Appeal from Count of Record for Escambia County, C. M. Jones, Judge. , STATEMENT. On October 9th, 1917, Hiliiard filed his bill in chancery in the Court of Record of Escambia County, against J. C. Yan Pelt, as Sheriff, alleging that Hilliard was engaged in and carried on the business of a restaurant keeper at No. 222 South Palafox Street,,in the City of Pensacola, and in connection with said'business received and stored in his place of business beer and liquors, which was the property of Hilliard’s customers, serving the same to said customers when they desired; that, scores of Hilliard’s…
1Opinion of the Court
Wills, Circuit Judge,
(after stating the facts.) Where a word used in a statute has a definite meaning and the sense in .which it is used is clear the courts must give to such word its popular meaning as the Legislature is assumed to have said what they intended by the use of such word and there is nothing for the courts to construe. But, if a Avord has no definite or generally accepted popular meaning or in the connection in which it is used is ambiguous then the court must construe such word and give to it such meaning as is reasonable and Avill carry out the Legislative intent.
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