Freeman v. Freeman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that an award of relief not sought by the pleadings is error; court's jurisdiction can be exercised only within the scope of the pleadings
• “A defendant against whom a default is entered admits only the well-pleaded facts and acquiesces only in the relief specifically prayed for. The award of relief not sought by the pleadings is error.”
• court’s jurisdiction can be exercised only within the scope of the pleadings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hooters of America v. CAROLINA WINGS
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-05-25· cited 21×
• Board of Regents v. Stinson-Head, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-04-08· cited 20×
• Smith v. Smith
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-12-31· cited 18×
• STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. COMPANY v. Horkheimer
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-05-15· cited 16×
• Quintero-Chadid Corp. v. Gersten
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-06-25· cited 13×
• Moore v. Trevino
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-12-30· cited 12×
• Barkett v. Hardy
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-06-15· cited 11×
• Bac Home Loans Servicing, Inc. v. de Headley
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-11-20· cited 11×
• Longo v. Longo
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-03-15· cited 10×
• Sohacki v. Sohacki
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-06-27· cited 9×
• Kratzer v. Reimiller
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-11-30· cited 6×
• Koehler v. Roberts
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-10-11· cited 4×
• Rhodes v. Wall
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-11-04· cited 4×
• Taubert v. State, Office of the Attorney General
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-12-30· cited 4×
• Phipps v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-01-18· cited 1×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hernandez v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1905-06-15· cited 42×
• Hernandez v. Hernandez
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-12-27· cited 16×
• Fine v. Fine
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-06-17· cited 14×
• Williams v. Williams
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1969-11-05· cited 14×