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Priest v. Logan

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B
Jan 7, 1955
76 So. 2d 883 (Fla. 1955)

Opinion

January 7, 1955.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Alachua County, John A.H. Murphree, J.

Scruggs Carmichael, Gainesville, Fowler, White, Gillen, Yancey Humkey, Cody Fowler, Tampa, and W.N. Avera, Gainesville, for appellant.

Goldstein Goldstein, Jacksonville, for appellee.


The summary declaratory judgment, from which this appeal was taken, which expressly provides that: "The Court retains jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter of this cause in order to entertain such further proceedings herein as may be proper", is hereby affirmed. We deem it appropriate to observe that we construe this retention of jurisdiction proviso to mean that the learned Circuit Judge sitting as Chancellor will consider any and all equitable claims which appellant may appropriately present to him.

Affirmed.

ROBERTS, C.J., and TERRELL, THOMAS and HOBSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Priest v. Logan

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B
Jan 7, 1955
76 So. 2d 883 (Fla. 1955)
Case details for

Priest v. Logan

Case Details

Full title:WILLIE MAE PRIEST, APPELLANT, v. MARY PRIEST LOGAN AS EXECUTRIX OF THE…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B

Date published: Jan 7, 1955

Citations

76 So. 2d 883 (Fla. 1955)

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