EDGAR J. CAULEY, APPELLANT,

v.

F. W. STRICKLAND, D/B/A STRICKLAND'S LANDING, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (15 total)

• Huff v. State, 437 So. 2d 1087 (Fla. 1983)
  …se’s motion for a mistrial was denied. For three separate but interrelated reasons, the denial of the mistrial motion was error. First, a jury is not competent to make a handwriting comparison without the aid of expert testimony. In Clark v. State, 114 So. 2d 197 (Fla. 1st DCA 1959), it was stated that “the comparison of hand-writings is an art which can be judicially practiced only by expert or skilled witnesses. To allow a jury to assume the role of expert or skilled practitioners in the field of handwriti…
• Crusoe v. State, 183 So. 2d 600 (Fla. 2d DCA 1966)
  …tering and such offense is not dependent upon the actual passing of the forged instruments, the essence being the intent to defraud another regardless of successful consummation. Hazen v. Mayo, Fla.1956, 90 So. 2d 123; Clark v. State, Fla.App. 1959, 114 So. 2d 197, 80 A.L.R.2d 261. He does admit cashing the $25 check involved in case No. 91071, but makes no mention of the two checks involved in Case No. 92172. The allegation that he had “no recollection” of committing the offenses on May 1, 1964, because he…
• In re Est. of Abe Levy v. Levy, 141 So. 2d 803 (Fla. 2d DCA 1962)
  …state. This existing common law may, of course, be superseded or modified by statute; but statutes in derogation of the common law must be strictly construed. Southern Attractions, Inc. v. Grau, Fla.1957, 93 So. 2d 120; Qark v. State, Fla.App.1959, 114 So. 2d 197, 80 A.L.R.2d 261. A statute will not be held to have changed well settled common law principles by implication, unless the implication of change is clear or necessary to give full force to express provisions of the statute and the public policy thus…

Authorities Cited

• Payne v. City OF Clearwater, 155 Fla. 9 (Fla. 1944)