Dunaway v. Ferst

Citations

• 51 Fla. 180

Syllabus

<p>1. An affidavit in a claim proceeding involving five hundred dollars filed in the Circuit Court is a proceeding in that court even though it is made before a Justice of the Peace and bears the caption “In Court of Justice of Peace, State of Florida, Alachua County, 20th District.”</p> <p>2. In the absence of a bill of exceptions, proper evidence of essential facts in pais will be presumed.</p> <p>3. Objection to the form of the oath administered to the jury' should be timely made. It is too late when made for the first time in tne appellate court.</p>