AL GOLDSTEIN ET AL., APPELLANTS,
v.
RICHARD B. STONE, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1957-07-22
No. 57-5
CARROLL, CHAS., C. J., and HORTON and PEARSON, JJ., concur.
96 So. 2d 227 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1957) Positive Treatment
Cited by 19 cases

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Synopsis

This case involves an appeal where the appellate court affirmed the lower court's decision, adhering to the principle that a chancellor's findings based on conflicting evidence should not be disturbed unless clearly erroneous.


Holding

No, the appellate court should not disturb the findings of the Chancellor below because they were based on conflicting evidence and were not clearly shown to be erroneous.


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“It is apparent to the Court upon perusal of the record that the Chancellor below based his findings upon conflicting evidence.”

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

We have examined the record and the briefs of counsel in this cause and heard oral argument at the bar of this Court. It is apparent to the Court upon perusal of the record that the Chancellor below based his findings upon conflicting evidence. We follow the rule so often enunciated by the Supreme Court of this State that the findings of a Chancellor based upon conflicting evidence will not be disturbed unless clearly shown to be erroneous. Cobb v. Cobb, 82 Fla. 287, 89 So. 869; Grantham v. Grantham, 140 Fla. 120, 191 So. 197; Peterson v. Plancock, 146 Fla. 410, 1 So. 2d 255; Monyak v. Monyak, Fla., 43 So. 2d 903; Town of Howey in the Hills v. Graessle, Fla., 57 So. 2d 422, and Loew v. Friedman, Fla., 80 So. 2d 672. We find no reversible error in the record and therefore conclude that the cause should be, and it is hereby, affirmed.

CARROLL, CHAS., C. J., and HORTON and PEARSON, JJ., concur.


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    …District Court of Appeal, Third District, is in direct conflict with former decisions of this court. Petitioner directed our attention principally to the cases of Turner v. Seegar, 1942, 151 Fla. 643, 10 So. 2d 320; Vandencar v. David, Fla.App.1957, 96 So. 2d 227, 66 A.L.R.2d 912; and Deane v. Johnston, Fla.1958, 104 So. 2d 3, 65 A.L.R. 2d 957. The facts of this case are relatively simple. This is a personal injury action in which the respondents sued the petitioner to recover damages caused when the respon…
  • Leora Carroll and Martin Carroll v. Moxley, 241 So. 2d 681 (Fla. 1970)
    …modified the common law, in that it makes the dog owner the insurer against damage by his dog with certain exceptions, departing from the common law doctrines grounded in negligence. See Romfh v. Berman, 56 So. 2d 127 (Fla.1951); Vandercar v. David, 96 So. 2d 227 (Fla.App.3rd, 1957); Knapp v. Ball, 175 So. 2d 808 (Fla.App.3rd, 1965). It is concluded that Fla.Stat. § 767.04, F. S.A., supersedes the common law, only in those situations covered by the statute. It is next contended that the statute is unconstit…
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