EQUITIES INCORPORATED

v.

ROBERT SCOTT

Citator

Cited By

• Wood v. John Fraser, M.D., 677 So. 2d 15 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996)
  …has been decided by a judicial decision, it should be adhered to by courts of lesser jurisdiction, until overruled by another case, because it establishes a precedent to guide the courts in resolving future similar cases. See In re Seaton’s Estate, 154 Fla. 446, 449, 18 So. 2d 20, 22 (1944); Bunn, 311 So. 2d at 389. Any deviation from this fundamental tenet of jurisprudence can only result in an erosion of the rule of law, thereby causing uncertainty and unpredictability in the resolution of judicial dispu…
• H. K. L. Realty Corp. v. Kirtley, 74 So. 2d 876 (Fla. 1954)
  …by judicial decision it forms a precedent which may not be departed from no matter what may be the personal predilections of the individual justices. McGregor v. Provident Trust Co. of Philadelphia, 119 Fla. 718, 162 So. 323.” In re Seaton’s Estate, 154 Fla. 446, 18 So. 2d 20, 22. We recognize, of course, that a plea of the bar of the statute of limitations is not, strictly speaking, a proper defense in an equitable proceeding. It is well settled, however, that unless strong equities compelling the applica…
• Nard, Inc. v. DeVITO Contracting & Supply, Inc., 769 So. 2d 1138 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000)
  …has been decided by a judicial decision, it should be adhered to by courts of lesser jurisdiction, until overruled by another case, because it establishes a precedent to guide the courts in resolving future similar cases. See In re Seaton’s Estate, 154 Fla. 446, 449, 18 So. 2d 20, 22 (1944); Bunn [v. Bunn], [*1141] 311 So. 2d [387] at 389 [ (Fla. 4th DCA 1975) ]. Any deviation from this fundamental tenet of jurisprudence can only result in an erosion of the rule of law, thereby causing uncertainty and unpr…