Williams v. Christian

How courts have described this case

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

• \Statutes imposing forfeiture will be strictly construed in a manner such as to avoid the forfeiture and will be liberally construed so as to avoid and relieve from forfeiture.\
• “Statutes imposing forfeiture will be strictly construed in a manner such as to avoid the forfeiture and will be liberally construed so as to avoid and reheve from forfeiture.”
• \Statutes imposing forfeiture will be strictly construed in a manner such as to avoid the forfeiture and will be liberally construed so as to avoid and relieve from forfeiture.\
• “No citation of authority is required to support the rule that forfeitures are not favored in law. They are considered harsh exactions, odious, and to be avoided when possible.”
• “Statutes imposing forfeiture will be strictly construed in a manner such as to avoid the 5 forfeiture and will be liberally construed so as to avoid and relieve from forfeiture.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Chuck v. City of Homestead Police Dept.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-12-15· cited 12×
• Mulligan v. City of Hollywood
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-05-12· cited 9×
• Garrett v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-05-15· cited 5×
• Donnelly v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-05-13· cited 1×
• Warshaw v. City of Miami Firefighters' & Police Officers' Retirement Trust
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-09-15· cited 1×
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  Florida Attorney General Reports· 1980-04-01
• Eaves v. Division of Retirement
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-11-19
• Kim Braddock v. City of Port Orange Pension Fund
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-10-02

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Austin v. State Ex Rel. Christian
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1975-02-10· cited 33×
• Nell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-04-11· cited 21×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1971-10-19· cited 12×
• Rudd v. State Ex Rel. Christian
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1975-02-10· cited 10×
• State v. Greene
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1971-04-20· cited 3×
• Ireland v. Thomas
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-12-03· cited 3×