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Lee v. Beck

Supreme Court of Florida
Jul 31, 1935
162 So. 870 (Fla. 1935)

Opinion

Order entered July 31, 1935.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County, E. C. Love, Judge.

An application for leave to intervene.

William Blount Myers, and William K. Whitfield, both of Tallahassee, for Petitioner.


Upon consideration of the petition of James J. Hanna to intervene in this cause and be made a party to it in the Supreme Court, it is ordered that said petition be denied and that the constitutional writ under Section 5 of Article V of the Constitution be also denied, without prejudice to the right of petitioner to pursue any appropriate legal remedy for the issuance of license to petitioner for the use and operation of the slot machines alleged to be owned by him, or to seek any appropriate writ for the protection of his rights, if any he may have in the premises, pending the final determination of any such proceeding as he may elect to institute, it appearing that petitioner herein has never become a party to, nor bound by, the decree appealed from in this particular case wherein he seeks leave to intervene.

Intervention as party to appeal denied.

Constitutional writ denied.

WHITFIELD, C. J., and DAVIS, and BUFORD, J. J., concur.


Summaries of

Lee v. Beck

Supreme Court of Florida
Jul 31, 1935
162 So. 870 (Fla. 1935)
Case details for

Lee v. Beck

Case Details

Full title:J. M. LEE, as Comptroller, v. CARL E. BECK

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Jul 31, 1935

Citations

162 So. 870 (Fla. 1935)
162 So. 870

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