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DeCespedes v. Prudence Mut. Cas. Co., of Chicago

Supreme Court of Florida
Sep 20, 1967
202 So. 2d 561 (Fla. 1967)

Opinion

No. 36203.

September 20, 1967.

Writ of Certiorari to the District Court of Appeal, Third District.

Richard H. Reynolds and Horton Schwartz, Miami, for petitioners.

Hawkesworth Kay, Miami, for respondents.


The decision of the District Court of Appeal, Third District, in this cause has been certified to this court as one passing upon a question of great public interest. The decision certified to us is reported at 193 So.2d 224.

After hearing oral argument of the parties and fully considering the record and briefs, we have determined that the opinion of the district court correctly decides the question involved therein. Therefore the decision contained in the subject opinion is approved.

It is so ordered.

CALDWELL, C.J., and THOMAS, ROBERTS, THORNAL and O'CONNELL, JJ., concur.

DREW, J., dissents with opinion.

ERVIN, J., dissents and agrees with DREW, J.


I agree with the views expressed in the able dissenting opinion of Andrews, J., in Shelby Mutual Ins. Co. v. Birch, Fla. App., 196 So.2d 482.

ERVIN, J., concurs.


Summaries of

DeCespedes v. Prudence Mut. Cas. Co., of Chicago

Supreme Court of Florida
Sep 20, 1967
202 So. 2d 561 (Fla. 1967)
Case details for

DeCespedes v. Prudence Mut. Cas. Co., of Chicago

Case Details

Full title:PRAXEDES DeCESPEDES AND GLADYS DeCESPEDES, AND FRIEDA CASTILLO…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Sep 20, 1967

Citations

202 So. 2d 561 (Fla. 1967)

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