Evett v. City of Inverness

Decision Date25 February 1970
Docket NumberNo. 38885,38885
Citation232 So.2d 18
PartiesIda Lee EVETT, Petitioner, v. CITY OF INVERNESS, a municipal corporation, Respondent.
CourtFlorida Supreme Court

Writ of Certiorari to District Court of Appeal, Second District, 224 So.2d 365.

Ray Graham, Sarasota, for petitioner.

Lucuis M. Dyal, Jr., of Shackelford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans, Tampa, for respondent.

Wm. Reece Smith, Jr., and Daniel R. Walbolt, Tampa, amici curiae.

PER CURIAM.

The petition for writ of certiorari reflected probable jurisdiction in this Court. We issued the writ and have heard argument of the parties. After argument and upon further consideration of the matter, we have determined that the writ was improvidently issued. Therefore, the writ is hereby discharged and the petition for writ of certiorari is dismissed.

ERVIN, C.J., and ROBERTS, CARLTON, ADKINS and BOYD, JJ., concur.

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  • Coleman v. Cooper
    • United States
    • Court of Appeal of North Carolina (US)
    • March 15, 1988
    ...149 Ind.App. 387, 272 N.E.2d 871 (1971); Evett v. City of Inverness, 224 So.2d 365 (Fla.Dist.Ct.App.1969), cert. dismissed, 232 So.2d 18 (Fla.1970); Keane v. City of Chicago, 98 Ill.App.2d 460, 240 N.E.2d 321 (1968). As the duty is to the general public rather than to a specific individual,......
  • Florida First Nat. Bank of Jacksonville v. City of Jacksonville
    • United States
    • Court of Appeal of Florida (US)
    • March 20, 1975
    ...861).15 Fla.App.3rd 1961, 132 So.2d 764, cert. dis. Sup.Ct.Fla.1962, 141 So.2d 737.16 Fla.App.2d 1969, 224 So.2d 365, cert. dis. Sup.Ct.Fla.1970, 232 So.2d 18.17 A virtually identical situation existed in City of Tampa v. Davis, Fla.App.2d 1969, 226 So.2d 450, which is distinguished on the ......

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