De Bowes v. De Bowes

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

WHITFIELD, J.:

In Florida the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is defined by the Constitution. Art. V, Sec. 5. Prescribing the method and time for taking an appeal is a statutory function; but if the right of proper parties to invoke appellate jurisdiction by authorized appellate procedure be so circumscribed by statutory regulations as to unduly limit or curtail the right of appeal, such regulations would to that extent violate the intendments of the cited organic section. See State v. City of Coral Gables, 101 Fla. 237, 133 So. 892. Therefore such…