Robinson v. Fries

Citations

• 22 Fla. 303

Syllabus

<p>Dries obtained, a judgment in a Justice’s Court against tbe County of Duval. The defendant appealed to the Circuit Court, which dismissed the appeal upon the ground that the “judgment was so defective in form as not to constitute a judgment.” Dries afterwards applied for and obtained an alternate writ of mandamus directed to the County Commissioners of said county, commanding them to show cause why they should not levy a tax to pay said judgment. To this writ the defendants made return that the matter in controversy was res adjudicada and setting forth the judgment of the Circuit Court above quoted : Held, That it was a good defense.</p>