CONFEDERATION LIFE ASSOCIATION, A CANADIAN CORPORATION, ALSO KNOWN AS LA CONFEDERACION DEL CANADA, PETITIONER,
v.
MANUEL ANTONIO VEGA Y ARMINAN, RESPONDENT
CONFEDERATION LIFE ASSOCIATION, A CANADIAN CORPORATION, ALSO KNOWN AS LA CONFEDERACION DEL CANADA, PETITIONER,
MANUEL ANTONIO VEGA Y ARMINAN, RESPONDENT
211 So. 2d 169
Florida Supreme Court (1968)
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Opinion of the Court
The District Court of Appeal, Third District, having certified to us that its decision in the case of Confederation Life Association v. Vega y Arminan, 207 So.2d 33, passes upon a question of great public interest, we have jurisdiction of the petition for certiorari herein pursuant to Section 4(2), Article V, State Constitution, F.S.A.
Our study of the case leads us to the conclusion that the decision of the District Court is correct and we adopt it as our answer to the certified question.
The writ of certiorari is discharged.
ROBERTS, ERVIN and ADAMS, JJ., and SPECTOR, District Court Judge, concur.
CALDWELL, C. J., dissents.
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