F. L. REVELL

v.

J. G. ANDERSON REALTY COMPANY

Citator

Cited By

• Crane v. Hayes, 253 So. 2d 435 (Fla. 1971)
  …918); 11 F.L.P., Habeas Corpus, § 23. Accord, In re Marlowe, 268 N.C. 197, 150 S.E. 2d 204 (1966). There is no question but that ha-beas corpus is a proper proceeding to obtain custody of a child wrongfully withheld. Trotman v. Thomas, 154 Fla. 71, 16 So. 2d 640 (1944). However, this does not mean that a habeas corpus proceeding involving child custody is converted into a full-dress civil action in equity. On the contrary, habeas corpus retains its form as a special proceeding of high priority and limited s…
• Lendsay v. Polk F. Cotton and Betty Anne Cotton, 123 So. 2d 745 (Fla. 3d DCA 1960)
  …, providing for substituted service of process on non-residents, are in derrogation of the common law and must be strictly construed. Cherry v. Heffernan, 132 Fla. 386, 182 So. 427; Red Top Cab & Baggage Co. for Use and Benefit of Fountaine v. Holt, 154 Fla. 77, 16 So. 2d 649; Wedekind v. McDonald, D.C., 82 F.Supp. 678; Fidler v. Victory Lumber Co., D.C., 93 F.Supp. 656; Gallant v. McKinney, D.C., 104 F.Supp. 277. The only reported Florida decision touching upon the question under consideration is Cherry v…
• Paleias v. Wang, 632 So. 2d 1132 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994)
  …tte v. Graves, 374 So. 2d 641 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979); Drake v. Scharlau, 353 So. 2d 961 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978). The rationale for requiring an allegation of nonresidency for substituted service of process was explained in Red Top Cab & Baggage Co. v. Holt, 154 Fla. 77, 16 So. 2d 649 (1944). The supreme court, in construing the predecessor statute to section 48.171, stated that a substituted service statute “rests upon the principle of agency, and the relationship exists only when the defendant is a nonresident.”…