Simmons v. Hanne

Citations

• 50 Fla. 267

Syllabus

<p>1. Where a formal final judgment is rendered in writing signed and dated by the Circuit Judge a writ of error must be taken to the judgment within the statutory period from such date and not from the date of the subsequent entry or record of such judgment by the clerk of the court.</p> <p>2. The term “months” when used in a statute of this State means calendar months, not lunar months, unless there is something in the statute which indicates that a contrary meaning was intended.</p> <p>3. When time is to be computed from a particular day, or when an act is to be performed within a specified period from or after a day named the rule is to exclude the first day designated and to include the last day of the specified period.</p> <p>4. In computing the time within which an act required by a statute must be done, if the last day falls on Sunday it can not be excluded unless the intention of the legislature to exclude it is manifest.</p>