Case Name: City of Orlando, Appellant, vs. George E. Macy, Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1903-01
Citations: 45 Fla. 524
Docket Number: 
Parties: City of Orlando, Appellant, vs. George E. Macy, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 45
Pages: 524–525

Head Matter:
City of Orlando, Appellant, vs. George E. Macy, Appellee.
APPELLATE PRACTICE — RECORDING ENTRY OF APPEAL-DISMISSAL WHERE FAILURE TO RECORD.
Under Chapter 4123, laws of 389V, the record of the entry of an appeal in the Chancery Order Book of the Circuit Court subserves the purpose of notice to the appellee of such appeal, and is necessary to give the appellate court jurisdiction over the person of such appellee; and where the appellate court finds no evidence In the transcript or elsewhere o' such record of the_ entry of appeal, and the appellee m no manner appears in the. appellate court, such appeal must De dismissed for want of jurisdiction over the person of the appellee.
This case was decided by Division A.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange county.
The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
Wm. H. Jewell, for Appellant;
No appearance for Appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The appeal in this cause appears by the transcript of record to have been entered on July 8th, lá99, returnable to the January term, 1900, of this court, but there is nothing in the record before us or elsewhere to show that the entry uf appeaü lias ever been recorded in the Chancery Order Book of the Circuit Court in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 4528, laws of 1897, so as to give this court jurisdiction over the person of appellee, and as the appellee has in no manner appeared here in the cause, the appeal must be dismissed. It is, therefore, hereby ordered that the appeal in sard cause be, and the same is hereby, dismissed at the cost of the appellant.