151 So. 2d 272 | Fla. | 1963
The opinion of the district court in this case
“The unsupported assertion of gift by the person who received the funds was not sufficient to raise a genuine issue of material fact where nothing in the record supported such an assertion.”
The pertinent conflict alleged by the petition for writ of certiorari in this Court is with five decisions prescribing general summary judgment rules, such as Chapman v. Tison, Fla.App.1962, 137 So.2d 603, holding “affidavits of a [defending party] must be accepted as true,” and other cases holding credibility and weight to be improper considerations: Nance v. Ball, Fla.1961, 134 So.2d 35; Williams v. Board of Public Instruction of Flagler County, Fla.1953, 61 So.2d 493; Williams v. City of Lake City, Fla.1953, 62 So.2d 732; Brannen v. State, 1927, 94 Fla. 656, 114 So. 429.
As we understand the decision in this case, however, it does not conflict with these principles but is to the effect that the donee’s statement, even if true, is insufficient standing alone to raise a genuine issue as to a gift in these circumstances. Neither does the principle stated in Bran-nen, supra, collide with the decision here.
The other cases
It is so ordered.
. Fla.App., 144 So.2d 335. Also see Fla. App., 143 So.2d 227 for an earlier appeal by Mrs. Tomayko in a related proceeding.
. This was a criminal case where Brannen was convicted of perjury and appealed. The discussion there of the question of whether evidence, even though from an interested party, may be disregarded, is on its face not applicable. The question here is whether the evidence of Tomayko, accepted as true (not disregarding it), can without substantiation create an issue of material fact which would preclude the entry of a summary decree, a proceeding unknown in criminal law and at the time of the Brannen decision to the civil law in this State.
. Strauss v. Strauss, 148 Fla. 23, 3 So.2d 727; Kollar v. Kollar, 155 Fla. 705, 21 So.2d 356; Wadlington v. Edwards, Fla. 1957, 92 So.2d 629; Walker v. Landress, 111 Fla. 356, 149 So. 545.
. Ellsworth v. Nash Miami Motors, Inc., Fla.1962, 142 So.2d 733.