Case Name: R. E. Fleming, et al., v. Louis Ossinsky, as Executor of the Estate of Clara Cass, deceased
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1934-07-24
Citations: 117 Fla. 348
Docket Number: 
Parties: R. E. Fleming, et al., v. Louis Ossinsky, as Executor of the Estate of Clara Cass, deceased.
Judges: Davis, C. J., and Ellis, Terrell and Buford, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 117
Pages: 348–350

Head Matter:
R. E. Fleming, et al., v. Louis Ossinsky, as Executor of the Estate of Clara Cass, deceased.
158 So. 116.
Division B.
Opinion Filed July 24, 1934.
Opinion on Rehearing Filed October 30, 1934.
John S. Byington, for Appellants;
Edith H. Horn, for Appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The record in this case shows that answer to bill of complaint was filed August 7th, 1933. On the 9th day of August, 1933, complainant's solicitor served notice on solicitor for answering defendant that he would bring the cause on for trial before the Chancellor on August 15, 1933, at 9:30 o'clock A. M. The case was so brought on for trial before the Chancellor and on August 16th, 1933, the Chancellor entered decree in favor of complainant.
Trial and decree were premature as under Section 39 of Chapter 14658, the 1931 Chancery Practice Act, the cause did not stand at issue until the expiration of ten days from the date of the filing of the answer.
The trial was' had and the decree rendered before the cause was at issue and, therefore, the decree must be reversed. See 34 C. J., Sec. 192, page 62.
Reversed.
Davis, C. J., and Ellis, Terrell and Buford, J. J., concur.
Whitfield and Brown, J. J., dissent.