Legal Opinion
Waddell v. McAllister
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided May 31, 1929PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
On a writ of error from the Circuit Court to the Civil Court of Record for Dade County the Circuit Court reversed the judgment and ordered the cause be “remanded for a new trial.” An application is made for a writ of certiorari to have the record certified to this Court with a view to “quashing the judgment of the Circuit Court and affirming the judgment of the Civil Court of Record.
Certiorari is a common law writ which issues in the sound judicial discretion of the court to an inferior court, not to take the place of a writ of error or an appeal, but to cause the entire record of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Moore v. New York Cotton ExchangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. v. Wolf Brothers & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. ManningSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Gulf Refining Co. of La. v. NorvellSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Haseltine v. Central Bank of SpringfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ulsch v. Mountain City Mill Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1931
- Bringley v. C. I. T. CorporationSupreme Court of Florida · 1935
- Robinson v. the City of MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1939
- Grodin v. Railway Express AgencySupreme Court of Florida · 1934
- Davis v. the First National Bank of MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
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