Legal Opinion
Adams v. Burns
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided June 29, 1936PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
An action of detinue was begun by W. H. Burns against W. H. Adams on August 24, 1933, by filing a praecipe for summons ad respondendum.
The declaration, which was filed September 4, 1933, was the usual statutory declaration, see Section 4314 C. G. L., declaring substantially that defendant did, on July 14, 1933, detain from plaintiff a certain tugboat called the “Vida D,” together with certain equipment, valued at $2500.00; a lighter approximately 20x60 feet, equipped with a 15,000-gallon tank and other equipment, valued at $1200.00; a lighter approximately 22x70 feet, named the “Iwanowski”…
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