Legal Opinion
Register v. Barton
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided October 19, 1954PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
75 So.2d 187 (1954)
Elmer Eugene REGISTER, Appellant,
v.
Philip BARTON, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Florida. Division B.
October 19, 1954.
John Paul Howard, Jacksonville, for appellant.
Scruggs & Carmichael, Gainesville, for appellee.
THOMAS, Justice.
The appellant filed a complaint against the appellee, Philip Barton, an attorney, Frank Sexton, individually, and as sheriff of Alachua County, and Capitol Indemnity Insurance Company, alleging that the appellees had willfully and maliciously and without probable cause or legal authority brought about his arrest, and his retention in jail for sixteen…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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