Helton v. Phoenix Insurance Co.
| Decision Date | 07 April 1976 |
| Docket Number | No. 46111,46111 |
| Citation | 330 So.2d 724 |
| Parties | Henry Eugene HELTON, Petitioner, v. PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent. |
| Court | Florida Supreme Court |
Writ of Certiorari to the District Court of Appeal, First District, 298 So.2d 177.
Charles L. Cetti of Phillips, Williams, McGraw, Cetti & Hall, Pensacola, for petitioner.
Robert P. Gaines of Beggs, Lane, Daniel, Gaines & Davis, Pensacola, for respondent.
We tentatively granted jurisdiction in this case on the basis of an apparent conflict of appellate court decisions, under Article V, Section 3(b)(3) of the Florida Constitution. Oral argument having been waived and the matter having been fully considered on the parties' briefs, we now find that the writ was improvidently issued and should be, accordingly, discharged.
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