HENRY AARON
v.
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
HENRY AARON
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
159 Fla. 517
Florida Supreme Court (1947)
Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 32 So. 2d 165
Cited by 3 cases
Opinion of the Court
The sole question presented on this appeal is the liability vel non of the County in a tort action. The court below answered in the negative. His judgment is affirmed on authority of Keggin v. Hillsborough County, 71 So. 372, 71 Fla. 356; Hillsborough County v. Kensett, 144 So. 393, 107 Fla. 237; City of Tampa v. Easton, 198 So. 753, 145 Fla. 188; Ray v. Marion County, 71 Fed. (2nd) 510; Blashfield Encyclopedia of Automobile Law and Practice, Permanent Edition, paragraph 2891.
The record shows that at the time the alleged tort was committed the County was performing a governmental function.
Affirmed.
THOMAS, C. J., CHAPMAN and SEBRING, JJ., concur.
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Broward Cnty. v. Wickman. the Juanita, 195 F.2d 614 (5th Cir. 1952)…departure, affords a county not merely exemption from liability, but immunity from process, in actions ex delicto. See also Owen v. Baggett, 77 Fla. 582, 81 So. 888, and Arundel Corp. v. Griffin, 89 Fla. 128, 103 So. 422; Aaron v. Palm Beach County, 159 Fla. 517, 32 So. 2d 165; Bragg v. Board of Public Instruction, 160 Fla. 590, 36 So. 2d 222; 1 American Jur. “Admiralty,” page 561 (26). In Ex parte State of New York, 256 U.S. 490, 41 S.Ct. 588, 590, 65 L.Ed. 1057, the United States Supreme Court held that…
Authorities Cited
- Keggin v. Cnty. of Hillsborough, 71 Fla. 356 (Fla. 1916)
- Hernando Beach Marine Grp. v. Hernando Cnty. (Fla. 5th DCA 2024)
- City of Tampa v. Easton, 145 Fla. 188 (Fla. 1940)
- Cnty. of Hillsborough v. Kensett, 107 Fla. 237 (Fla. 1931)