WILLIAM RIVERS

v.

STATE

Citator

Cited By

• In re Est. OF Gwendolyn Gaffney Willis v. Gaffney, 677 So. 2d 949 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996)
  …d. We agree. We begin our analysis by restating the well-settled law of Florida that “[a] pleading will be considered what it is in substance, even though mislabelled.” Sodikoff v. Allen Parker Co., 202 So. 2d 4, 6 (Fla. 3d DCA 1967), cert. denied, 210 So. 2d 226 (Fla.1968). Accord Balboa Ins. Co. v. W.G. Mills, Inc., 403 So. 2d 1149, 1150-1151 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981) (citing Sodikoff). Thus, “the character of a motion will depend upon its grounds or contents, and not on its title.” Jones v. Denmark, 259 So. 2d 1…
• Jimani Corp. v. S.L.T. Warehouse Co., 409 So. 2d 496 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)
  …Buyers and Sellers to Goods Under the UCC,” 6 B.C.Ind. & Com.L.Rev. 169 (1964); Riegert and Braucher, Documents of Title §§ 2.4, 5.3.4 (1978). See, e.g., Southeast Foods, Inc. v. Penguin Frozen Foods, 203 So. 2d 39 (Fla. 3d DCA 1967), cert. denied, 210 So. 2d 226 (Fla.1968) (warehouseman properly complied with seller’s stop delivery order even without surrender of nonnegotiable receipt). . See Carter, “Acquisition and Loss of Rights of Buyers and Sellers to Goods Under the UCC,” 6 B.C.Ind. & Com.L.Rev. 169,…
• Equico Lessors, Inc. v. Maruka Mach. Corp. of Am., 523 So. 2d 665 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988)
  …d the circumstances that enabled Mercury, acting through Nova, to perpetrate the loss upon Equico; therefore, that loss should be borne by Maruka. See Southeast Foods, Inc. v. Penguin Frozen Foods, 203 So. 2d 39, 43 (Fla. 3d DCA 1967), cert. denied, 210 So. 2d 226 (Fla.1968); Griffin v. Gulf Life Insurance Company, 146 So. 2d 901, 903 (Fla. 1st DCA 1962). We emphasize that in the foregoing analysis we have construed the factual case most strongly in favor of the appellant/plaintiff, Equico — which the trial…