Legal Opinion

Gerlach v. Donnelly

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided November 20, 1957PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

98 So.2d 493 (1957)

Kingsley H. GERLACH, Appellant,

v.

Jess Stanley DONNELLY, as Executrix under the Last Will and Testament of Emmett Donnelly, deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 20, 1957.

Arthur A. Simpson, of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for appellant.

Boone D. Tillett, Jr., Lake Wale, for appellee.

DREW, Justice.

Emmett Donnelly, a member of the Bar of Florida, was arrested on June 8, 1954 for complicity in a conspiracy to murder Kingsley H. Gerlach, his client of more than 23 years. A search was made of Mr. Donnelly's office at the time of his arrest and in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Williams v. BaileySupreme Court of Florida · 1915
  2. Bolles v. O'BrienSupreme Court of Florida · 1912
  3. Halstead v. Florence Citrus Growers Assn.Supreme Court of Florida · 1932
  4. Blount v. BlountSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  5. Florida Nat. Bank Trust Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Florida · 1949

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Miller v. SearsAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Geneva Ann Singleton v. Percy ForemanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  3. Smyrna Developers, Inc. v. BornsteinDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965
  4. Chiles v. State Employees Attorneys GuildSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  5. Robert C. Fielding v. John Henry BrebbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968

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