Sawyers v. Board of Public Instruction

Supreme Court of Florida October 17, 1924

Sawyers v. Board of Public Instruction, 88 Fla. 277 (Fla. 1924)

102 So. 13

Browne, Taylor, Terrell, West, Whitfield

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

In an action to recover $1,000.00 that accompanied a bid for bonds accepted on condition that the bonds be approved by a named attorney, it appears that the bonds were not approved by the attorney, yet judgment was by the referee rendered for the defendant upon *278the theory of fraud upon the part of the attorney who, upon examination of the transcript of the proceedings, declined to approve the bonds as having been legally issued.

No fraud or other matter was shown that would forfeit the deposit, therefore the judgment is reversed.

Whitfield, P. J., and West and Terrell, J. J., concur. Taylor, C. J., and Browne, J., concur in the opinion.

Reference

Full Case Name: G. B. Sawyers, Trading Under the Style of The G. B. Sawyers Company, in Error v. The Board of Public Instruction, for the County of Putnam, State of Florida, a Corporation, in Error
Status: Published