Cone v. Rittenoure

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided May 28, 1940.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1940-05-28

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Relies on Rittenoure v. Charlotte County

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Decided 1940-05-28

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Cited by 7 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1976

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¶1J. Compton French, of Tallahassee, Fla., for appellants.

¶2Robert J. Pleus, of Orlando, Fla., Harry L. Thompson, of Clearwater, Fla., and Earl D. Farr, of Punta Gorda, Fla., for appel-lees.

¶3Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and Mc-CORD, Circuit Judges.

¶4HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

¶5The questions in both of these cases are the same as those decided by this court in the two cases of Rittenoure v. Charlotte County, and Cone v. Rittenoure, 5 Cir., 109 F.2d 476, Feb. 3, 1940.

¶6We find nothing in the recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Florida contrary to said decision. Upon the authority thereof, that portion of the judgment appealed from in each case is reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with our said decision of Feb. 3, 1940, 109 F.2d 476, supra.