JENNINGS

v.

SMITH, WARDEN

Citator

Cited By

• Speights v. State, 414 So. 2d 574 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)
  …by tracing history of legislation, it is proper to consider acts passed at prior or subsequent sessions including those repealed, as well as those passed at the same session.” Watson v. Holland, 155 Fla. 342, 20 So. 2d 388, 393 (1944), cert. denied, 325 U.S. 839, 65 S.Ct. 1408, 89 L.Ed. 1965 (1945). Examination of the history of this crime reveals that the crime was codified in three different forms; although the basic evil to be corrected and intent behind the law appear unchanged. The original law was co…
• Cloyd E. Clair v. Glades Cnty. Bd. OF Comm'rs & Ins. Servicing & Adjusting Co., 649 So. 2d 224 (Fla. 1995)
  …is not directly applicable here, we may look to acts passed at subsequent sessions in order to discern legislative intent. See Murthy v. N. Sinha Corp., 644 So. 2d 983 (Fla.1994); Watson v. Holland, 155 Fla. 342, 20 So. 2d 388 (1944), cert. denied, 325 U.S. 839, 65 S.Ct. 1408, 89 L.Ed. 1965 (1945). . As the district court noted, preservation of error in this case was governed by Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.330(d)(3)(A). See Quinn v. Millard, 358 So. 2d 1378 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978).…
• Hallegere (Hall) Murthy v. N. Sinha Corp., 644 So. 2d 983 (Fla. 1994)
  …te the construction industry. . When scrutinizing the legislative history of a statute to determine legislative intent, courts may also look to acts passed at subsequent sessions. Watson v. Holland, 155 Fla. 342, 20 So. 2d 388 (1944), cert. denied, 325 U.S. 839, 65 S.Ct. 1408, 89 L.Ed. 1965 (1945). In this case, we note that the legislature has recently amended chapter 489 to provide that "[u]nless specifically provided, the provisions of this part shall not be construed to create a civil cause of action.”…