Florida Statute 59.33 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 59
APPELLATE PROCEEDINGS

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59.33 Quashing appeals; power of appellate court.—Appellate courts shall have power to quash appeals in all cases in which appeals do not lie, or where they are taken against good faith or merely for delay, and may decree in such case damages against the appellant not exceeding 10 percent.

History.—s. 13, Feb. 10, 1832; s. 50, ch. 1096, 1861; RS 1279; GS 1709; s. 13, ch. 5898, 1909; RGS 2920; CGL 4639; s. 33, ch. 22854, 1945.

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Cases Citing Statute 59.33

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Harris v. Lewis State Bank, 482 So. 2d 1378 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986).

Cited 36 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 319, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 6108

cases cited in 27 Fla.Jur.2d, Fraud and Deceit § 59. [33] See footnote 8 for a summary of the allegations

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Grain Dealers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Quarrier, 175 So. 2d 83 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1965).

Cited 8 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1965 Fla. App. LEXIS 4157

...on the ground that it was frivolous and taken only for the purpose *88 of delay. In that case we again declined, out of an abundance of caution, to assess a penalty against the appellant under Florida Appellate Rule 3.17 and as further authorized by section 59.33, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., which provides: "59.33 Quashing appeals; power of appellate court....

...adjudged to be paid pursuant to the judgment of October 29, 1964, here appealed, the sum of $500.00, together with interest from the date of this order at the rate of 6% per annum, as a penalty under Florida Appellate Rule 3.17 and as authorized by section 59.33, Florida Statutes, F.S.A....

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Lane v. State, 19 So. 2d 366 (Fla. 1944).

Cited 7 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 154 Fla. 853, 1944 Fla. LEXIS 835

or proceedings as disclosed by the record. Section 59.33, Fla. Statutes, 1941, provides: *Page 858 "Courts

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Coral Gables First Nat'l Bank v. Constructors of Florida, Inc., 148 So. 2d 25 (Fla. 1962).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

9, Florida Appellate Rules, 31 F.S.A., and Section 59.33, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., filed herein June

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Dubinsky v. Ware, 87 So. 2d 815 (Fla. 1956).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1956 Fla. LEXIS 3757

quashed the appeal under the provisions of Section 59.33, Florida-Statutes 1951, F.S.A., and to have

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Nautilus Operating Co. v. Donald S. Lavigne, Inc., 109 So. 2d 775 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1959).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1959 Fla. App. LEXIS 3112

I would impose the penalty in this case. . Section 59.33, Florida Statutes 1957, F.S.A. . Stafford

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Wallace v. Luxmoore, 156 Fla. 850 (Fla. 1945).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

same was brought into being. Section 33. That Section 59.33, Florida Statutes, 1941, is amended to read

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Mcclain v. Fla. Parole & Prob. Com'n, 416 So. 2d 1209 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...re wholly without merit. See Ex parte Sams, 67 So.2d 657 (Fla. 1953); Norfleet Holding Co. v. Price, 132 So. 643 (Fla. 1931); Ruff v. Guaranty Title and Trust Co., 99 Fla. 197, 126 So. 383 (1930); Morris v. Rabara, 145 So.2d 265 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1962); § 59.33, Fla....

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State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Lee, 171 So. 2d 899 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1965).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

against Appellant State Farm as authorized by § 59.33, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., and said rule, in view

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Dunscombe v. Sayle, 135 So. 2d 224 (Fla. 1961).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

good faith or merely for delay pursuant to Section 59.33 Florida Statutes. “WITNESS the Plonorable B

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