FAIR v. LO SCALZO

No. 71-941.

287 So.2d 327 (1973)

Jim FAIR, Individually, and As Supervisor of Elections, Appellant, v. Bessie Lo SCALZO et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ayres, Swigert, Cluster, Tucker & Curry, Ocala, and Norman Siegel, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Andrew W. Lindsey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


HOBSON, Judge.

This is an appeal by appellant Jim Fair from a judgment holding him in direct criminal contempt under Rule 1.830 R.Cr. P., 33 F.S.A., (now Rule 3.830) and sentencing him to sixty (60) days in the Hillsborough County Jail.

The facts leading up to the judgment and sentence appealed arise out of an original action brought by the appellant against the appellees for slander and libel. In that action appellant in pro. per. filed a pleading designated...

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