Legal Opinion
Farish v. Smoot
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided March 28, 1952PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
58 So.2d 534 (1952)
FARISH
v.
SMOOT.
Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.
March 28, 1952.
Rehearing Denied May 23, 1952.
Paty, Warwick, & Paul and Farish, Farish, Downey & Anderson, all of West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Baynes, Garman & Phillips, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
SEBRING, Chief Justice.
The defendant below has appealed from a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff in a suit brought to recover damages for false imprisonment.
The admitted facts of the case are that the defendant was the municipal judge of the City of West Palm Beach. On August 12, 1949, the plaintiff was arrested by the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co. v. Hamilton Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1912
- Rammage v. KendallCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- Winthrop v. CarinhasSupreme Court of Florida · 1940
- Vaughn v. CongdonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1883
- Manning v. KetchamCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Wackenhut Corp. v. CantySupreme Court of Florida · 1978
- Dykes v. HosemannCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Horton E. Ryan, Individually and as Next Friend of Shana Ryan v. W. T. ScogginCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
- Terry v. Zions Cooperative Mercantile InstitutionUtah Supreme Court · 1979
- Berry v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
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