Florida Statute 56.17 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

56.17 Executions; duty of officer on claim of third person being filed.—On receipt of the bond and affidavit the officer shall deliver the property to the claimant and desist from any further proceedings under the execution until the right of property is tried. The officer shall return the execution to the court from which it issued with the affidavit and bond.

History.—ss. 9, 10, Feb. 17, 1833; RS 1198; GS 1627; RGS 2831; CGL 4518; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 303, ch. 95-147.

Note.—Former s. 55.40.

Cases Citing F.S. 56.17

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·Bingham, Ltd. v. United States, 724 F.2d 921 (11th Cir. 1984).
Cited 61 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 25626
...On appeal, Bingham challenges that summary judgment ruling. III. Disposition of a summary judgment motion in a declaratory judgment action is governed by the same basic principles that generally rule the grant or denial of such a motion. See 6 Moore’s Federal Practice § 56.17[19]....
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Cited as authorityParker (2025)
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Cited as authorityRoss (2024)
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Cited as authorityWeatherington (2020)
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·Warring v. Winn-Dixie Stores, 105 So. 2d 915 (Fla. 3d DCA 1958).
Cited 25 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
...ce and conclusion therefrom of non-negligence. *918 Wright v. Paramount-Richards Theatres, 5 Cir., 198 F.2d 303; 38 Am.Jur., Negligence, § 345. Issues of negligence are ordinarily not susceptible of summary adjudication. 6 Moore's Federal Practice, § 56.17(42) p....
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Cited as authority(citing case) (1992)
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Cited as authorityBollinger (1962)
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Cited as authorityVihon (1958)
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·Lab v. Hall, 200 So. 2d 556 (Fla. 4th DCA 1967).
Cited 10 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal
...1966, 182 So.2d 292; Saunders v. Kaplan, Fla.App. 1958, 101 So.2d 181; Southern Express Co. v. Williamson, 1913, 66 Fla. 286, 63 So. 433. 30 Fla.Jur., Summary Judgment, § 6. Issues of negligence are ordinarily not susceptible of summary adjudication. 6 Moore Federal Practice, § 56.17[42], page 2583....
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Cited as authorityDaboll (1974)
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FollowedCampbell (1971)
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FollowedO'GRADY (1968)
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Emile v. First Nat'l Bank of Miami, 126 So. 2d 305 (Fla. 3d DCA 1961).
Cited 12 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
...Armstrong Rubber Company, Fla. 1956, 87 So.2d 579], particularly as the sufficiency of the affirmative defenses and set-off had been challenged and determined. See also, Wittlin v. Giacalone, 1946, 81 U.S. App.D.C. 20, 154 F.2d 20; 6 Moore's Federal Practice, § 56.17(4), pp....
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·Jones v. Crews, 204 So. 2d 24 (Fla. 4th DCA 1967).
Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal
...1966, 182 So.2d 292; Saunders v. Kaplan, Fla.App. 1958, 101 So.2d 181; Southern Express Co. v. Williamson, 1913, 66 Fla. 286, 63 So. 433. 30 Fla. Jur., Summary Judgment, § 6. Issues of negligence are ordinarily not susceptible of summary adjudication. 6 Moore, Federal Practice, § 56.17 [42], at 2583....
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Dubov ex rel. Dubov v. Ropes, 124 So. 2d 34 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1960).
Cited 2 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida
...ence and conclusion therefrom of non-negligence. Wright v. Paramount-Richards Theatres, 5 Cir., 198 F.2d 303 ; 38 Am.Jur., Negligence, § 345. Issues of negligence are ordinarily not susceptible of summary adjudication. 6 Moore’s Federal Practice, § 56.17(42), p....
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Budget Landscape Nursery, Inc. v. McMillin Investors New York Corp., 343 So. 2d 640 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 15103
judgment creditor. Thereafter, pursuant to Section 56.17, Florida Statutes (1976), the officer delivers
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Lex Tex Ltd. v. ARCT, Inc., 462 F. Supp. 340 (S.D. Fla. 1978).
Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1978 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7104
...Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 368 U.S. 464, 473 , 82 S.Ct. 486, 491 , 7 L.Ed.2d 458 (1962): "Trial by affidavit is no substitute for trial by jury which so long has been the hallmark, of ‘even handed justice.’ ” See also 6 Pt. 2, J. Moore, FEDERAL PRACTICE § 56.17[11] (2d ed.1976).

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Cases Citing F.S. 56.17

·Bingham, Ltd. v. United States, 724 F.2d 921 (11th Cir. 1984).

·Warring v. Winn-Dixie Stores, 105 So. 2d 915 (Fla. 3d DCA 1958).

·Lab v. Hall, 200 So. 2d 556 (Fla. 4th DCA 1967).

Emile v. First Nat'l Bank of Miami, 126 So. 2d 305 (Fla. 3d DCA 1961).

·Jones v. Crews, 204 So. 2d 24 (Fla. 4th DCA 1967).

Dubov ex rel. Dubov v. Ropes, 124 So. 2d 34 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1960).

Budget Landscape Nursery, Inc. v. McMillin Investors New York Corp., 343 So. 2d 640 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977).

Lex Tex Ltd. v. ARCT, Inc., 462 F. Supp. 340 (S.D. Fla. 1978).