Milton Land & Investment Co. v. Our Home Life Insurance
Citations
- 81 Fla. 227
- 87 So. 636
Syllabus
<p>1. Under the statute regulating the service of summons on private corporations, where the return shows service upon a mere agent of the defendant company, without showing the absence of all the officers of the company of the superior classes designated by the statute as those upon whom service shall be made, before resort is had to service upon, one of an inferior class, the service is unauthorized and ineffectual to give the court jurisdiction of the defendant company in the cause.</p> <p>2. Where a judgment is void because the court had not acquired jurisdiction of the defendant in the cause, such judgment may be vacated by the court, and a writ of error lies to the order of vacation.</p>
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- holding evidence legally sufficient to support conviction for retaliation even though victim testified that he did not take appellant’s threat seriously
- finding intent to kill could be inferred where defendant pulled out knife and threatened student with death if student acted as witness against defendant
- holding evidence legally sufficient to support conviction for retaliation based on evidence that appellant had pulled a knife on victim and had told victim that he was going to kill him and both of his parents if victim told anyone about appellant’s plan
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Judges: Whitfield
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