Case Name: Clyde O. Thomas and B. Thomas, Plaintiffs in Error, v. John W. Martin, Governor of the State of Florida, for the use and benefit of Irene C. Thomas, Defendant in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1930-03-19
Citations: 99 Fla. 608
Docket Number: 
Parties: Clyde O. Thomas and B. Thomas, Plaintiffs in Error, v. John W. Martin, Governor of the State of Florida, for the use and benefit of Irene C. Thomas, Defendant in Error.
Judges: Terrell, C. J., and Whitfield, Ellis, Strum, Brown and Buford,. J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 99
Pages: 608–610

Head Matter:
Clyde O. Thomas and B. Thomas, Plaintiffs in Error, v. John W. Martin, Governor of the State of Florida, for the use and benefit of Irene C. Thomas, Defendant in Error.
En Banc.
Opinion filed March 19, 1930.
Writ of error reinstated April 1, 1930.
L. L. Campbell and Zaek Douglas, for Plaintiffs in Error;
No appearance for Defendant in Error.

Opinion:
Davis, Commissioner:
One Clyde 0. Thomas was taken into custody by the sheriff under and by virtue of a writ of ne exeat which was issued out of the circuit court of Alachua County in chancery in a suit therein pending. He was afterwards released upon giving bond with B. Thomas as surety, payable to the Governor of the State of Florida, and his successors in office and conditioned that' he, the said Clyde 0. Thomas, would not depart from the State of Florida, during the pendency of the said suit without leave of the circuit court.
An action was brought by the defendant in error against the said principal and surety, charging a breach of the condition of said bond. The defendant, B. Thomas, filed pleas to the declaration and the cause went to trial upon such pleas, which trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant in error and a judgment was rendered against Clyde 0. Thomas and B. Thomas on the 13th day of June, 1928. On the 10th of August, 1928, a writ of error was taken at the instance of B. Thomas. This writ of error does not appear to have been recorded as required by Sec tion 4624, Comp. Gen. Laws of Florida 1927, and there has been no appearance here by or for the defendant in error. This Court is therefore without jurisdiction of the defendant in error. Stone v. State ex rel. Lipscomb, 68 Fla. 248, 67 So. R. 163; McJunkins v. Stevens, 88 Fla. 559, 102 So. R. 756. The certificate of the clerk purporting to authenticate the transcript of the record is effective.
The writ of error must be and is hereby dismissed.
Per Curiam.
The record in this cause having been considered by the Court, and t'he foregoing opinion prepared under Chapter 14553, Acts of 1929, adopted by the Court as its opinion, it is considered and ordered by the Court that the writ of error in this cause should be, and the same is hereby, dismissed.
Terrell, C. J., and Whitfield, Ellis, Strum, Brown and Buford,. J. J., concur.