MAURICE R. VINIKOFF, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF SADIE ADELMAN, DECEASED,

v.

HYMAN ADELMAN

Citator

Cited By (16 total)

• Gray v. Emp'rs Mut. Liab. Ins. Co., 64 So. 2d 650 (Fla. 1952)
  …ction is necessary because by the use of such words, the Legislature itself has fixed and determined the legislative intent. Fine v. Moran, 74 Fla. 417, 77 So. 533; Taylor v. State, 117 Fla. 706, 158 So. 437; State ex rel. Bie v. Swope, 159 Fla. 18, 30 So. 2d 748; Van Pelt v. Hilliard, 75 Fla. 792, 78 So. 693, L.R.A. 1918E, 639. It cannot be presumed that the Legislature used the word “accident” as it did in this statute and then went further and defined the word “accident” for no purpose. On the other hand,…
• Tropical Coach Line, Inc. v. Carter, 121 So. 2d 779 (Fla. 1960)
  …on as to what the judges might think that the legislators intended or should have intended. Fine v. Moran, 74 Fla. 417, 77 So. 533; Miami Bridge Co. v. Railroad Commission, 155 Fla. 366, 20 So. 2d 356; State ex rel. Bie v. Swope et al., 159 Fla. 18, 30 So. 2d 748. Although there have been few judicial efforts to define the word “intercity”, we think that the structure of the word itself malees it clear without speculating as to what we think the Legislature might have intended. Reference to Webster’s New I…
• Ervin v. Cap. Weekly Post, Inc., 97 So. 2d 464 (Fla. 1957)
  …nstruction is that, if the language of the statute is clear and admits of but one meaning, the Legislature should be held to have intended what it has plainly expressed, and there is no room for construction. State ex rel. Bie v. Swope, 159 Fla. 18, 30 So. 2d 748 and authorities there cited. “A statutory definition of a word is controlling and will be followed by the •Courts. Greenleaf & Crosby Co. v. Coleman, 117 Fla. 723, 158 So. 421, First National Bank of Miami v. Florida Industrial Commission, 154 Fla.…

Authorities Cited

• Tyre v. Wright, 144 Fla. 90 (Fla. 1940)
• In re Est. OF Lizzie Monks v. THE Fla. Nat'l Bank OF Jacksonville, 155 Fla. 240 (Fla. 1944)
• Ullendorff v. Brown, 156 Fla. 655 (Fla. 1945)
• State v. Judge L. Childre, 156 Fla. 655 (Fla. 1945)