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...clerk. *179 Larson vs. Williams October 3, 1960, Williams filed her complaint in the Circuit Court of Lake County praying that Larson be directed to return to her the amount of $200, representing her security deposit made to him [Larson] pursuant to § 324.061, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. The complaint alleged that § 324.061 et seq., Florida Statutes, F.S.A....
...He will hereinafter be referred to as "commissioner." The commissioner may take such steps as the law requires to keep the financial responsibility of the owner of an automobile current and may exact every showing within reason to do so. See §§
324.021,
324.031,
324.042,
324.051 and
324.061, Florida Statutes, F.S.A....
...the act should be adjudicated. It appears that appellees here were involved in automobile accidents; they could not secure release from liability of other parties involved in the accident and appellee Warren failed to post a cash bond as provided by § 324.061, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., and as required by the commissioner, account of which the commissioner threatened to revoke his driver's license and registration certificate. Appellee Williams deposited the required bond of two hundred dollars ($200.00) and sought in her suit to have it refunded. Appellees' grievance is that § 324.061, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., does not provide for a judicial hearing before revocation of their drivers' licenses and registration certificates, nor for a judicial appeal after such revocation....
...t is done after the commissioner has a full report of the accident from the department of public safety or secures such a report from reliable sources. See §
324.051, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., containing numerous *181 exemptions or exceptions. Then §
324.061, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., provides how amends may be made in the way of security deposit with the commissioner and §
324.071, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., provides the manner in which one's license and registration may be reinstated when suspended either under §
324.051 or §
324.072, Florida Statutes, F.S.A....
...nd the funds in the hands of appellant were accumulated by the unconstitutional requirement of posting a bond by her and others in like situation. The chancellor allowed attorneys' fees from the security deposits accumulated by defendant pursuant to § 324.061, Florida Statutes, F.S.A....
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...Such operator or owner had secured a duly acknowledged written agreement providing for release from liability by all parties injured as the result of said accident and had complied with one of the provisions of §
324.031, or "6. Such operator or owner has deposited with the state treasurer security to conform with §
324.061 and has complied with one of the provisions of §
324.031." Under Florida Statute §
324.051(2) (b), F.S.A., the above-quoted section only applies to uninsured operators or owners....
