Case Name: Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Company, Plaintiff in Error, vs. John W. Justice, Defendant in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1899-06
Citations: 41 Fla. 508
Docket Number: 
Parties: Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Company, Plaintiff in Error, vs. John W. Justice, Defendant in Error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 41
Pages: 508–509

Head Matter:
Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Company, Plaintiff in Error, vs. John W. Justice, Defendant in Error.
Appellate Practice — Writ of Error Made Returnable Contrary to Law is Void.
A writ of error made returnable contrary to law (Section 1270, 'Revised Statutes,) is void, and does not give to this court juris•diction of the cause, and such a case will be stricken from the dockets and dismissed.
Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Suwannee county.
The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court,
E. K. Foster and B. B. Blackwell, for Plaintiff in Error.
F. L. Rees and D. F. Grant, for Defendant in Error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam :
This cause coming on to' be heard upon a rehearing of the former decision of the court therein made on April 12th, 1899, whereby the said cause was dismissed and stricken from the dockets of this court, and it now appearing to the court that the writ of error in said cause was issued on the eleventh d'ay of June, A. D. 1898, two clear days prior to' the first day of the June term, 1898, of this court, but is made returnable to the first day of the January term, - A. D. 1899, contrary to law — §1270, Rev. Stats.' — and is, therefore, void, and does not give to this court jurisdiction of said cause, the said cause is, therefore, stricken from the dockets of this court and dismissed. Browning v. State, 40 Fla. 466, 25 South. Rep. 62; Simmons v. State, 40 Fla. 467, 25 South. Rep. 62; Price v. Broward, 39 Fla. 194, 22 South. Rep. 650; Fleming v. Fleming, 40 Fla. 154, 23 South. Rep. 571.