HARRY G. CLORE

v.

IRA S. DREBACH, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (16 total)

• State v. LEE, 356 So. 2d 276 (Fla. 1978)
  …ke an extravagant or excessive use, as to abuse one’s authority. This Court has held that to “abuse power” is to use it in an extravagant manner, to employ it contrary to the law of its use, or to use it improperly and to excess. Swenson v. Cahoon, 111 Fla. 788, 152 So. 203 (1933). By definition, it is apparent that a single conviction for a minor traffic violation which has been decriminalized cannot constitute an abuse of the privilege to drive an automobile by an otherwise responsible driver. More impo…
• McGHEE v. Volusia Cnty., 679 So. 2d 729 (Fla. 1996)
  …ne will revoke the waiver of sovereign immunity. The majority does not give clear effect to this latter basis for revocation, which must not be written out of the statute. The majority relies on the pre-sovereign-immunity case of Swenson v. Cahoon, 111 Fla. 788, 152 So. 203 (1933), to set forth the standard that a jury question exists in this case over whether the sheriff is liable for the acts of deputies. While the sovereign immunity statute does not overrule Swenson, the statute intends the same standar…

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• Ada Malone v. Howell, 140 Fla. 693 (Fla. 1939)
  …d in the amendment sought to be filed, the filing of which was denied by the court. This was a necessary and basically material allegation and, without proof to support it, the plaintiff could not recover against the sheriff. See Swanson v. Cahoon, 111 Fla. 788, 152 Sou. 203. Plaintiff in error has presented several questions for our consideration, but as the disposition of the case rests first upon the answer to the question as to whether or not the deputies referred to did lawfully undertake to arrest o…

Authorities Cited

• Burleson v. Jesse French & Sons Piano Co., 90 Fla. 16 (Fla. 1925)