NATHAN HOLMES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR,
v.
THE ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK OF JACKSONVILLE, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANT IN ERROR

Fla. | 1932-01-04
103 Fla. 1071 Florida Supreme Court (1932) Caution
Also reported at: 137 So. 711
Cited by 133 cases

Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam.

Per Curiam.

This cause having heretofore been submitted to the Court upon the transcript of the record of the judgment herein, and briefs and argument of counsel for the respective parties, and the record having been seen and inspected, and the Court being now advised of its judgment to be given in the premises, it seems to the Court that there is no error in the said judgment; it is, therefore, considered, ordered and adjudged by the Court' that the said judgment of the Circuit Court be and the same is hereby affirmed.

Whitfield, P.J., and Terrell and Davis, J.J., concur.


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