Dunaway v. Ferst
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Alachua County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtCockrell, J.
Mrs. Ada Dunaway filed in the Circuit Court for Alachua county her affidavit claiming as her own certain personalty levied upon by the sheriff as the property of one D. A. Dunaway by virtue of an execution in favor of M. Ferst Sons & Company. The affidavit was made before a Justice of the Peace. It is objected here that the proceeding was one before the .Justice Court and could not therefore be the basis of .a proceeding in the Circuit Court, but the objection is fruitless. While the caption of the affidavit reads “In Court of Justice of Peace, State of Florida, Alachua county, 20th…
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