Case Name: R. M. Whitehead, Appellant, vs. Bradford & Ross, Appellees
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1891-01
Citations: 27 Fla. 475
Docket Number: 
Parties: R. M. Whitehead, Appellant, vs. Bradford & Ross, Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 27
Pages: 475–476

Head Matter:
R. M. Whitehead, Appellant, vs. Bradford & Ross, Appellees.
Where the entry of an appeal from a judgment in an. action at law is not within thirty days before the first day of the next succeeding term of the Supremo Court, but prior thereto, the citation must he served at least, twenty-five days before such first day.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon county.
The facts of the (’-ase are stated in the opinion of the court.
Motion to dismiss appeal.
11. W. Wtlli(un>i for Motion.

Opinion:
Rasjey, C. J.:
This is an appeal in an action at law, and was entered on the 31st day of October last, and the citation was issued on the first day of the present month, January 1891, and served on the third day. Motion is-made to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the citation was not served twenty-five days before the first day of the present term, which was the thirteenth (13th) day of this month. The appeal not having been entered within thirty days before the first day of the term, the citation should have been issued and served at least twenty-five days before such day. Circuit Court Rule 101; McClellan's Digest, -sec. 2, p. 843; Randall vs. Jacksonville Street R. R. Co., 19 Fla., 409. Had the appeal been entered within thirty days before the first day of the term, it might have been made returnable to a day in term admitting of twenty days' notice. The statute construed in Randall vs. Jacksonville is as applicable to common law as it is to equity causes.
The appeal is dismissed.