The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 68
MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS

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F.S. 68.05

68.05 Creditors’ bills.—Creditors’ bills may be filed in chancery before the claims of indebtedness of the persons filing them have been reduced to judgment, but no such action shall be entertained unless plaintiff has first commenced a separate action at law for the collection of the claims. No final judgment shall be entered on a creditor’s bill until such claims have been reduced to judgment at law.

History.—s. 1, ch. 5137, 1903; GS 1961; RGS 3229; CGL 5035; s. 1, ch. 21976, 1943; s. 22, ch. 67-254.

Note.—Former s. 62.37.

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Amendments to 68.05

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 68.05

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 68.05.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

KITAZATO, a To To To v. BLACK DIAMOND HOSPITALITY INVESTMENTS, LLC, a a a a a a a G. M. M., 655 F. Supp. 2d 1139 (D. Haw. 2009)

. . . . § 68.05 One court has described this principle as follows: The fact, that a corporation is one not . . .

In ULZ, E. v. J., 388 B.R. 865 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2008)

. . . 255 (2nd Dist.1981); see generally 1 William Meade Fletcher, Cyclopedia of the Law of Corporations § 68.05 . . .

SCOSCHE INDUSTRIES, INC. v. VISOR GEAR INCORPORATED,, 121 F.3d 675 (Fed. Cir. 1997)

. . . Moore, Moore’s Federal Practice §§ 68.04[6], 68.05[3] (3d ed.1997). . . .

FOSTER, v. KINGS PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT,, 174 F.R.D. 19 (E.D.N.Y. 1997)

. . . Cummings, 70 F.3d 1111, 1113 (9th Cir.1995); 13 Moore’s Federal Practice § 68.05[5] (1997) (“a Rule 68 . . .

TRULL, v. GC SERVICES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,, 961 F. Supp. 1199 (N.D. Ill. 1997)

. . . LETTER # 2 YOU OWE : BMG MUSIC SERVICE ACCOUNT# : 3683915395 BALANCE DUE : $68.05 The debt listed above . . .

KOEHLER, v. ROBERTS,, 661 So. 2d 374 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . note that any future proceeding on a creditor’s bill should comply with the requirements of section 68.05 . . .

RICHARDSON, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION,, 49 F.3d 760 (D.C. Cir. 1995)

. . . Wright & Miller, Federal Practioe & Progedure § 3004 (1973 & Supp.1994); 7 Moore’s Federal Practice ¶ 68.05 . . .

E. WENDELL, No. v. WILSHIRE CORPORATION, a B. J., 544 So. 2d 320 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . commence a separate action at law for the collection of a claim of indebtedness as required by section 68.05 . . . maintains that another pending lawsuit satisfies the separate action at law requirement of section 68.05 . . . the separate action at law that Trustee relies upon to satisfy the statutory requirement of section 68.05 . . .

In GRANADA, INC., 88 B.R. 369 (Bankr. D. Utah 1988)

. . . surrender of the premises and rejection of the lease, See 4 COLLIER ON BANKRUPTCY PRACTICE GUIDE 11 68.05 . . .

CERNA, v. SWISS BANK CORPORATION OVERSEAS S. A., 503 So. 2d 1297 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . Consistent with the statutory prerequisites for the maintenance of a creditors’ bill, § 68.05, Fla.Stat . . . This provision states: 68.05. . . .

O CONNOR, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA,, 622 F. Supp. 611 (N.D. Ill. 1985)

. . . bankrupt and the court ordinarily issues only one judgment for the difference”); 4 Collier On Bankruptcy ¶ 68.05 . . .

In WHITE RIVER CORPORATION, BERNSTEIN, v. RJL LEASING, a P. C. Jr. G., 50 B.R. 403 (Bankr. D. Colo. 1985)

. . . The $68.05 represents the interest on the late September rent from September 16 to September 21. . . .

SMITH v. MONES, P. A., 459 So. 2d 462 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . had instituted a common law action for damages, he instituted a creditor’s bill pursuant to Section 68.05 . . .

MILLS, Jr. v. LAWHON,, 448 So. 2d 1162 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . Thereafter, she filed a creditor’s bill under Section 68.05, Florida Statutes (1981), against the estate . . . based, the $800,000 final judgment, had not been “reduced to judgment at law” as required by Section 68.05 . . . upon which Lawhon’s creditor’s bill was based was “reduced to judgment at law” for purposes of Section 68.05 . . .

In HOUDASHELL HOUDASHELL v. MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY,, 7 B.R. 901 (Bankr. W.D. Mo. 1981)

. . . . after bankruptcy proceedings have begun contemplates court action.’ 4 Collier on Bankruptcy para. 68.05 . . .

In SHOPPERS PARADISE, INC., 8 B.R. 271 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1980)

. . . DeWitt, 237 U.S. 447, 35 S.Ct. 636, 59 L.Ed. 1042 (1914), 4 Collier on Bankruptcy, ¶ 68.05[2], p. 884 . . .

CISSELL, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CINCINNATI,, 476 F. Supp. 474 (S.D. Ohio 1979)

. . . the petition as a defense in a suit to set aside a preferential transfer. 4 Collier on Bankruptcy ¶ 68.05 . . .

In SOUDER, Jr. D. O CONNOR, v. TAPPAN E. MOORE, Jr. H. v. D. O CONNOR,, 449 F.2d 284 (5th Cir. 1971)

. . . Therefore, Count Two does not come under the provisions of Chapter 68.05, Florida Statutes, 1967, F.S.A . . .

J. McCOLLISTER, v. C. McCOLLISTER, a, 248 So. 2d 490 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1971)

. . . First, the action could not be maintained as a creditor’s bill pursuant to the provisions of 68.05, Fla.Stat . . .

UNITED STATES v. ACRES OF LAND, IN SHANNON AND CARTER COUNTIES, STATE OF MISSOURI, G. E., 327 F. Supp. 289 (E.D. Mo. 1971)

. . . acres for commercial use at $5,000 per acre $200,000 50 acres of cabin sites at $1,000 per acre 50,000 68.05 . . .

TEN CORPORATION OF ORLANDO v. BARNES,, 33 Fla. Supp. 169 (Broward Cty. Cir. Ct. 1969)

. . . Consequently, Ten Corporation, pursuant to the remedies provided by chapter 68.05 of the Florida Statutes . . .

BROAD MOTORS CO. v. SMITH, 86 F. Supp. 4 (E.D. Pa. 1949)

. . . hearing and in Exhibit B to the taxpayer’s trial memorandum, on an 85 horsepower motor selling for $68.05 . . .

JAMES DOBSON, 1 B.T.A. 1082 (B.T.A. 1925)

. . . distribution of profits to the extent of $101.95 per share, and a return of capital to the extent of $68.05 . . . He also received $68.05 per share of the capital of the corporation, representing a nontaxable return . . . He treated $68.05 per share as a partial recovery of his capital investment. . . .