East Coast Stores, Inc. v. Cuthbert Et Ux.

The defendants in error instituted distress proceedings in the Circuit Court of Dade County, for the collection of rent alleged to be due them. As a basis for issuing the distress warrant an affidavit was filed. This affidavit did not aver that the amount of rent claimed was due by the East Coast Stores Inc. and the Southern Stores Corporation, jointly. The language of the first paragraph of the affidavit indicates that the East Coast Stores Inc. owed the amount claimed; while the second paragraph avers that the Southern Stores Corporation "assumed the liability for and is now responsible for…