Viator v. Gilbert

Decided December 16, 1968. E. Howard MCCALEB wrote the opinion for the court.

216 So. 2d 821 · Cited 87 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• McFarland v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. · 127 So. 2d 183
• Pennington v. Justiss-Mears Oil Company · 134 So. 2d 53
• Brown v. S. A. Bourg & Sons, Inc. · 118 So. 2d 891
• Viator v. Gilbert · 206 So. 2d 106

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