Case Name: Georgia Nelson, Appellant, v. Sarah Hoffman, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1922-05-11
Citations: 83 Fla. 598
Docket Number: 
Parties: Georgia Nelson, Appellant, v. Sarah Hoffman, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Browne, C. J., and Taylor, Ellis and West, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 83
Pages: 598–599

Head Matter:
Georgia Nelson, Appellant, v. Sarah Hoffman, et al., Appellees.
Opinion Filed May 11, 1922.
Where in probate proceedings an appeal taken to the Circuit Court is properly dismissed without prejudice because the statutory procedure was not observed, and an appeal taken to the Suprehie Court from such order of dismissal without prejudice is manifestly without substantial merit, the appeal so taken to the Supreme Court will be dismissed.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for DeSoto County; George W. Whitehurst, Judge.
Appeal dismissed.
C. G. Morgan, for Appellant;
Leitner & Leitner, for Appellees.

Opinion:
Whitfield, J.
It appears that in proceedings taken for that purpose the County Judge of DeSoto County declared null and void a purported will of Mary Thorwith and refused to admit it to probate. An appeal taken to the Circuit Court was "dismissed without prejudice," apparently because the original papers and not certified copies thereof were transmitted to the Circuit Court on the appeal. The appellees move to dismiss this appeal.
In Garner v. Garner, 83 Fla. 143, 90 South. Rep. 819, it was held that the provisions of Chapter 7841, Acts of 1919, regulating appellate procedure, were applicable to appeals in civil actions at law taken from the County Judge's Courts to the Circuit Courts, and that such pro visions were not applicable to appeals taken in probate matters. See Rev. Gen. Stats. Secs. 2923, 2924.
As the statutory procedure regulating appeals in probate matters was not observed, it is manifest that the order of the Circuit Judge dismissing without prejudice the appeal taken from the County Judge's Court was proper; and the appeal to this court from that order is without substantial merit and should be and is hereby dismissed.
Browne, C. J., and Taylor, Ellis and West, J. J., concur.