K. F. NELSON, APPELLANT, (ONE OF THE RESPONDENTS BELOW)

v.

J. H. LORD, (COMPLAINANT BELOW) W. A. KEEN, AS SHERIFF OF SARASOTA COUNTY, (ONE OF RESPONDENTS BELOW), APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By

• Davidson v. Stringer, 109 Fla. 238 (Fla. 1933)
  …ession of the foreclosed premises he had obtained a deed for under the foreclosure sale. For other details concerning the controversy here involved see the opinion rendered when this case was once before considered here on appeal. Kells v. Davidson, 102 Fla. 684, 136 Sou. Rep. 450. The property involved consists of an orange grove, with bearing citrus trees situate therein having fruit thereon ready to market. After the court had confirmed the foreclosure .sale, and the complainant had gone into possession…
• Margulies v. Margulies, 528 So. 2d 957 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988)
  …knowledge, there is any ground for recusal. It has long been the law in this state, as the parties agree, that once a trial judge disqualifies himself, he may not “requalify” himself on removal of the reason for disqualification. Kells v. Davidson, 102 Fla. 684, 136 So. 450 (1931). The reason for the rule as explained in Kells is to prevent the situation where a judge, with an interest in the outcome of a case, could by pretense cause the record to appear otherwise so that he may retain jurisdiction. Annou…
• Hooks v. State, 207 So. 2d 459 (Fla. 2d DCA 1968)
  …brought in question. The exercise of any other policy tends to discredit and place the judiciary in a compromising attitude which is bad for the administration of justice.” (Emphasis supplied). And as the same Court held in Kells v. Davidson, 1931, 102 Fla. 684, 136 So. 450: “The safe and sound rule is that, when the record once shows that a judge is disqualified in a cause, it becomes his duty to certify such disqualification, transfer the cause to some other qualified judge, and thereafter take no part…