Hillsborough County v. Dickenson

Supreme Court of Florida
Hillsborough County v. Dickenson, 169 So. 738 (Fla. 1935)
125 Fla. 180; 1935 Fla. LEXIS 1669
Whitfield, Terrell, Brown, Buford, Davis, Ellis

Hillsborough County v. Dickenson

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

— The bill of complaint herein contains allegations which if duly proven would sustain orders and decrees for equitable relief appropriate to the issues that may be made and determined in due course, therefore the decree appealed from, entered November 24, 1933, dismissing the bill of complaint, is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.

It is so ordered.

Whitfield, C. J., Terrell, Brown, and Buford, J. J., concur. Davis, C. J., disqualified.

Addendum

On Rehearing

Terrell, J.

— This case is here on rehearing in exactly the same situation as Hillsborough County, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, by and through W. T. Williams, as Chairman, W. T. Watkins, Charles T. Friend, J. W. Lester, and John T. Gunn, as Members of and Constituting the Board of County Commissioners of Hillsborough *181 County, Florida, v. W. A. Dickenson, Julia I. Dickenson, and Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, a Corporation, decided this date, and being companion cases. The record and briefs of counsel have been examined and parallel questions are presented.

It follows that on rehearing our former judgment of reversal is rescinded and the judgment below is reversed in part and affirmed in part on authority of the companion case here cited.

Reversed in part,. affirmed in part.

Whitfield, C. J., and Ellis, and Buford, J. J., concur. Brown, J., dissents. Davis, J., disqualified.

Reference

Full Case Name
Hillsborough County v. Julia I. Dickenson, as Administratrix of the Estate of W. A. Dickenson, Deceased, and Julia I. Dickenson, Individually
Status
Published