GULF FERTILIZER COMPANY, A CORPORATION, APPELLANT,
v.
W. F. HUTCHINSON, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF MARIE ARNESON, DECEASED, APPELLEE
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The Florida Supreme Court dismissed an appeal because it was filed more than six months after the final decree, even though the complainant died and the case was revived during that period. The court held that the time limit for appeal does not have a saving clause for party deaths.
No, the six-month statutory limit for taking an appeal in chancery is not tolled by the death of a party and the subsequent revival of the cause against their representative.
“Section 3168 of the Rev. Gen. Stats, which limits the time within which appeals in chancery must be taken to six months after the entry of the order or decree appealed from, contains no saving clause, by reason of the death of a party.”
This quote establishes the core legal principle that the statutory appeal period does not contain an exception for the death of a party.
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Brown, C. J.
On motion to dismiss this 'appeal, it appears that the final decree appealed from was rendered on December 5, 1924; that subsequently, on February 10, 1925, the complainant in the court below, Marie Arneson, died, and the cause was revived against her executor on December 22, 1925. This appeal was entered on January 9, 1926, more than a year after the rendition and entering of the final decree appealed from. Section 3168 of the Rev. Gen. Stats, which limits the time within which appeals in chancery must be taken to six months after the entry of the order or decree appealed from, contains no saving clause, by reason of the death of a party. The limitation began to run during the life of Marie Arneson, and on her death the appellant had the right to revive the cause against her personal representative so as to give it the right to appeal therefrom, and this could have been done within the time limited. This was not done, however, and it is clear that the motion to dismiss will have to be granted. See Roach v. Goldman, 50 Fla. 601, 39 So. 16.
Appeal dismissed.
Whitfield, Ellis, Terrell and Strum, .J. J., concur.