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MENDEZ v. BLACKBURN

No. 37257.

226 So.2d 340 (1969)

Sylvia MENDEZ, Individually and As Administratrix of the Estate of Aristides Perez Mendez, Deceased, Petitioner, v. Ed BLACKBURN, Jr., Former Sheriff of Hillsborough County, Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frates, Fay, Floyd & Pearson and Guy B. Bailey, Jr., Miami, for petitioner.

Lucius M. Dyal, Jr., of Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans and David H. McClain, of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for respondent.

THORNAL, Justice.

We have for review a decision of a district court of appeal which allegedly collides with prior decisions of this Court on the same point of law. Mendez v. Blackburn, 205 So.2d 697 (2d Dist.Ct.App.Fla. 1968).

We must determine the extent of liability of a Florida sheriff for the acts of a deputy.

Petitioners Mendez are husband and wife. They sued respondent Blackburn, the former sheriff of Hillsborough...

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