Legal Opinion
Hartley & Parker v. Copeland
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided April 6, 1951PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
51 So.2d 789 (1951)
HARTLEY & PARKER, Inc.
v.
COPELAND et al.
Supreme Court of Florida, Division B.
April 6, 1951.
Rehearing Denied May 4, 1951.
Taylor, Burr & Creel, Miami, for appellant.
J.A. Fitzsimmons and Robert J. Davis, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.
ADAMS, Justice.
This appeal is from a judgment in the amount of $1500 in an action of libel.
The plaintiff is a retail liquor dealer and the defendant a wholesale dealer.
It is alleged and was proved to the satisfaction of the jury and trial court that defendant's agent and salesman falsely reported a sale of liquor to plaintiff causing defendant to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Layne v. Tribune Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1933
- Abraham v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Florida · 1906
- Coogler v. RhodesSupreme Court of Florida · 1896
- Montgomery v. KnoxSupreme Court of Florida · 1887
- M. Rosenberg & Sons, Inc. v. CraftSupreme Court of Virginia · 1944
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3Cited by24 opinions
- McCurdy v. CollisDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
- Robertson v. Industrial Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1954
- Axelrod v. CalifanoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
- Pledger v. Burnup & Sims, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
- Diplomat Electric, Inc. v. Westinghouse Electric Supply Company, a Division of Westinghouse Electric CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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