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Valdosta Milling Co. v. Garretson

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 4, 1951PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

54 So.2d 196 (1951)

VALDOSTA MILLING CO.

v.

GARRETSON et al.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division B.

December 4, 1951.

Jennings, Watts, Clark & Hamilton, Olin E. Watts and William A. Hamilton, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Greene & Ayres, Ocala, for appellees.

TERRELL, Acting Chief Justice.

December 5, 1949, plaintiffs, appellees, recovered a judgment by default in the Circuit Court of Marion County against defendant, appellant, for $11,996.67. Defendant has no knowledge of said judgment until September 7, 1950, nine months later, when it received a letter from plaintiff's attorneys demanding…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Rorick v. StilwellSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
  2. Fair v. Tampa Electric CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1946
  3. City of Coral Gables v. HepkinsSupreme Court of Florida · 1932

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Bank of America, N.A. v. BornsteinDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
  2. Dade Erection Serv. v. Sims Crane Serv.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  3. H. Bell & Associates, Inc. v. Keasbey & Mattison Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1962
  4. Lambert v. HeatonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1961
  5. Southeastern Mail Transport, Inc. v. Amoco Oil Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

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