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Hecht v. Hall

Supreme Court of Florida
May 14, 1934
154 So. 926 (Fla. 1934)

Summary

In Millard v. Hall, R.I., 135 A. 855, 856, this court remarked that where a defendant's testimony is unfavorable the plaintiff cannot expect "to have the court, not only discredit it, but adopt without evidence a view of the facts in direct contradiction to the testimony."

Summary of this case from Lapierre v. Greenwood

Opinion

Decision Filed May 14, 1934.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, H. F. Atkinson, Judge.

Ira C. Haycock, for Appellants, Hecht and Wife;

Cary D. Landis, Attorney General, and Marvin C. McIntosh, Assistant, for Trustees Internal Improvement Fund; Morton B. Adams, for Appellees.


The decree herein appealed from is affirmed upon the principles stated in Hecht v. Shaw, filed November 16, 1933.

Affirmed.

WHITFIELD, ELLIS and BROWN, J. J., and THOMAS, Circuit Judge, concur.

DAVIS, C. J., and TERRELL and BUFORD, J. J., disqualified.


Summaries of

Hecht v. Hall

Supreme Court of Florida
May 14, 1934
154 So. 926 (Fla. 1934)

In Millard v. Hall, R.I., 135 A. 855, 856, this court remarked that where a defendant's testimony is unfavorable the plaintiff cannot expect "to have the court, not only discredit it, but adopt without evidence a view of the facts in direct contradiction to the testimony."

Summary of this case from Lapierre v. Greenwood
Case details for

Hecht v. Hall

Case Details

Full title:HARRY W. HECHT, et ux., and TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND v…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: May 14, 1934

Citations

154 So. 926 (Fla. 1934)
154 So. 926

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