Legal Opinion

Dorado Beach Hotel Corporation v. Jernigan

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 12, 1967No. I-356PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

202 So.2d 830 (1967)

DORADO BEACH HOTEL CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Appellant,

v.

W.A. JERNIGAN, Appellee.

No. I-356.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 12, 1967.

Williams, Salomon & Kenney, Miami, for appellant.

Gillis E. Powell, Crestview, for appellee.

RAWLS, Judge

Dorado Beach Hotel Corporation has appealed from a summary final judgment denying it the right to collect a gambling debt in Florida. The sole question is, Can a gambling obligation valid in Puerto Rico where created be enforced in Florida?

W.A. Jernigan, a Florida resident, while in Puerto Rico where…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Young v. Sands, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Kramer v. Bally's Park Place, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1988
  2. John Goodwin, Jr., Lois Goodwin, the Mead Corporation v. George Fischer Foundry Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  3. M & R INVESTMENTS, CO. INC. v. HackerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  4. GNLV CORP. v. FeatherstoneDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  5. Barquin v. FloresDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984

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