Opinion

Brown v. St. Lucie County

  • 114 Fla. 789
  • 153 So. 906
  • 1933 Fla. LEXIS 2404
Court
Supreme Court of Florida
Filed
Jul 22, 1933
Status
Published
On the bench
Davis, Buford
Cited by
11 cases

county jail is county property which the law requires the sheriff to manage and look out for

How later courts described this case

  • county jail is county property which the law requires the sheriff to manage and look out for
  • county jail is county property which the sheriff is required to manage and look out for
  • county jail is county property which law requires sheriff to manage and look out for

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

On Rehearing.

Per Curiam.

— This case is before us on rehearing granted after opinions were filed on July 22, 1933, the majority opinion having been written by Mr. Justice Buford and a dissenting opinion having been written by Mr. Chief Justice Davis.

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A majority of the Court, after reconsideration of the case, pursuant to oral árgument had on rehearing, is of the opinion that the dissenting opinion filed by Mr. Chief Justice Davis should be adopted, as the controlling opinion in this' case. It is, therefore, so adopted and, therefore, it is the judgment of the Court that the judgment appealed from should be reversed and the cause remanded, with directions that further proceedings be had not inconsistent with that opinion. It is so ordered.

Reversed.

Davis, C. J., and Ellis, Terrell and Buford, J. J., concur.

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