State ex rel. Yelvington v. Cooper

Citations

• 20 Fla. 547

Syllabus

<p>1. The statute regulating- appeals from orders and decrees of the County Court in Prohate proceedings contemplates that the appeal shall he entered in writing by the party appealing. A mere verbal request made to the County Judge to enter an appeal in his minutes, furnishes no ground for a mandamus to compel the Judge to enter the appeal, if he neglects to comply with such request.</p> <p>2. The County Judge may, in a spirit of accommodation, enter an appeal in writing at the request of a party, but it is not a duty enjoined by law. A judicial officer ought not to be made responsible for the sufficiency of pleadings and proceedings of parties.</p>