Empire Drug Co. v. Smith

Citations

• 78 Fla. 594
• 83 So. 458
• 1919 Fla. LEXIS 536

Syllabus

<p>1 Upon an accounting in a case where a master has taken and reported, the evidence, in which evidence there is some conflict, and the chancellor has reviewed the evidence and made a finding as to the amount due by one of the parties to the 'other and renders ia decree for such sum, and there is sufficient evidence in the record to justify such finding, the conclusions of the chancellor as to the amount due will not be reversed.</p> <p>2. Where a person performs labor for a corporation Conducting a drug store business, “as its manager, clerk and bookkeeper,” such person has, under the provisions of Section 2198 of the General statutes 'of Florida, 1906, ¿i lien for whatever s,um may be due for work and labor.</p> <p>S. In proceedings in chancery to enforce statutory liens for work and labor done, it is error to decree an allowance for an attorney’s fee to the prevailing party without proof of the reasonableness of the amount allowed. When the decree is otherwise proper it may be affirmed upon entering a remittitur for the attorney’s fee erroneously ^warded.</p>