Williams Bros. Corporation v. Hicks

Decision Date01 February 1944
Citation16 So.2d 432,154 Fla. 44
PartiesWILLIAMS BROTHERS CORPORATION and Zurich General Accident and Liability Insurance Company, Ltd., Appellants, v. Rufus McAmy HICKS and Empire A. Hicks, his Wife, and Florida Industrial Commission, Appellees.
CourtFlorida Supreme Court

Rehearing Denied Feb. 15, 1944.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Dade County; George E. Holt and Paul D. Barns, Judges.

McKay, Dixon & DeJarnette and A. Lee Bradford, all of Miami, for appellants.

Cody Fowler, of Miami, for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

Judgment affirmed.

Additional attorney's fee in the sum of $150 for services in Circuit and Supreme Court to be recovered by appellees from appellants is awarded.

So ordered.

BUFORD, C. J., and BROWN, THOMAS, and SEBRING, JJ., concur.

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  • Sherman v. Florida Tar & Creosote Corp.
    • United States
    • Florida Supreme Court
    • 13 Julio 1948
    ...v. Sumpter County et al., 152 Fla. 864, 13 So.2d 219; Stone and Stone et al. v. Scott, et al, 151 Fla. 21, 9 So.2d 168; Williams Bros. v. Hicks, 154 Fla. 44, 16 So.2d 432. What has been with reference to the father's dependence on the deceased son applies as well to the claim of the mother ......
  • McCall v. Motor Fuel Carriers
    • United States
    • Florida Supreme Court
    • 11 Mayo 1945
    ... ... Putnam Lumber Co., 152 Fla. 520, ... 12 So.2d 370; Williams Brothers Corporation et al v ... Rufus McAmy Hicks et al., Fla., 16 ... ...
  • Paul Spellman, Inc. v. Spellman
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • 11 Junio 1958
    ...great length of time. Respondents quote at length from the findings of the Deputy Commissioner in Williams Brothers Corp. v. Hicks, 1944, 154 Fla. 44, 16 So.2d 432 (affirmed per curiam), wherein a mother, although mainly supported by her husband, was held to be a partial dependent of her de......
  • Miller v. Tilden
    • United States
    • Florida Supreme Court
    • 1 Febrero 1944

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