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Fla. Stat. § 59.15 (2025)

Proceedings in pais; authentication.

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59.15 Proceedings in pais; authentication.Proceedings in pais, not stenographically reported, may be authenticated by recitals in orders, judgments, or decrees, of the trial court, or of the judge thereof, or by a stipulation by the interested parties.
History.s. 68, Nov. 23, 1828; s. 1, ch. 138, 1848; RS 1268; GS 1696; s. 10, ch. 7838, 1919; RGS 2906; CGL 4616; s. 15, ch. 22854, 1945; s. 5, ch. 71-316.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1959–1980 · leading case: Travelers Ins. Co. v. Agric. Delivery Serv., 262 So. 2d 210 (Fla. 2d DCA 1972).
Travelers Ins. Co. v. Agric. Delivery Serv., 262 So. 2d 210 (Fla. 2d DCA 1972). · cites it 4× “So both the statute and the rule (F.S. § 59.15 F.S.A. and F.A.R. 3.6( l )) fall short of supplying a definitive answer to the problem.”
Mahoney v. Mahoney, 380 So. 2d 497 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980). · cites it 2× “Although there is no transcript, there are certain authenticated facts before us which can be considered pursuant to Section 59.15, Florida Statutes (1979), which provides: Proceedings in pais; authentication — Proceedings in pais, not stenographically reported, may be…”
Moyer v. Moyer, 114 So. 2d 638 (Fla. 3d DCA 1959). “" [2] Section 59.15(4), Fla. Stat., F.S.A. "Proceedings in pais; authentication.”
Turnipseed v. Turnipseed, 158 So. 2d 808 (Fla. 1st DCA 1963). “Therefore, they will often find occasions when agreement may be reached upon a narrative statement of the testimony although no stenographic record is available.”
City of Miami v. Brown, 256 So. 2d 78 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971). · cites it 2× “, nor was the record reconstructed as provided for by § 59.15(4) Fla.Stat., F.S.A. The city moved to dismiss the appeal.”
Glover v. Cherney, 272 So. 2d 831 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973). “Section 59.15, F.S.A.). REED, C. J., and CROSS and MAGER, JJ.”
— 59.15(4) — 4 cases
Travelers Ins. Co. v. Agric. Delivery Serv., 262 So. 2d 210 (Fla. 2d DCA 1972). “So both the statute and the rule (F.S. § 59.15 F.S.A. and F.A.R. 3.6( l )) fall short of supplying a definitive answer to the problem.”
Moyer v. Moyer, 114 So. 2d 638 (Fla. 3d DCA 1959). “" [2] Section 59.15(4), Fla. Stat., F.S.A. "Proceedings in pais; authentication.”
Turnipseed v. Turnipseed, 158 So. 2d 808 (Fla. 1st DCA 1963). “Therefore, they will often find occasions when agreement may be reached upon a narrative statement of the testimony although no stenographic record is available.”
City of Miami v. Brown, 256 So. 2d 78 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971). “, nor was the record reconstructed as provided for by § 59.15(4) Fla.Stat., F.S.A. The city moved to dismiss the appeal.”
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