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Title XXXIV
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO

Chapter 562
BEVERAGE LAW: ENFORCEMENT

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F.S. 562.50

562.50 Habitual drunkards; furnishing intoxicants to, after notice.—Any person who shall sell, give away, dispose of, exchange, or barter any alcoholic beverage, or any essence, extract, bitters, preparation, compound, composition, or any article whatsoever under any name, label, or brand, which produces intoxication, to any person habitually addicted to the use of any or all such intoxicating liquors, after having been given written notice by wife, husband, father, mother, sister, brother, child, or nearest relative that said person so addicted is an habitual drunkard and that the use of intoxicating drink or drinks is working an injury to the person using said liquors, or to the person giving said written notice, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 1, ch. 22633, 1945; s. 576, ch. 71-136; s. 2, ch. 72-230.

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Cases Citing Statute 562.50

Total Results: 20

Hayes Robertson Group v. Cherry

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-12-12

Citation: 260 So. 3d 1126

Snippet: follow the “habitual drunkard” statute, section 562.50. Liability for serving a “habitual drunkard” was

Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. v. Fitzgerald

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-03-01

Citation: 215 So. 3d 116, 2017 WL 815352, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 2757

Snippet: fees, $2,728.45 in pre-judgment interest, and $3,562.50 for expert witness fees, for a total amount of

MONTAGE GROUP v. Athle-Tech Computer Sys.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-12-15

Citation: 889 So. 2d 180, 2004 WL 2892394

Snippet: 971,586.25 Business damages $ 2,909,562.50 Unjust enrichment $ 8,900,000.00

Temple v. Aujla

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-10-25

Citation: 681 So. 2d 1198, 1996 WL 612783

Snippet: bartender claimed that such action violated section 562.50, Florida Statutes (1985), which states in relevant

Persen v. Southland Corp.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-05-11

Citation: 656 So. 2d 453, 20 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 218, 1995 Fla. LEXIS 732, 1995 WL 273932

Snippet: liability for injury caused by the drunkard. § 562.50, Fla.Stat. (1991). However, the language tying

Roster v. Moulton

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-07-08

Citation: 602 So. 2d 975, 1992 WL 153964

Snippet: which they asserted was required under section 562.50, Florida Statutes (1988).[1] The court granted

United States v. McGurn

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-04-02

Citation: 596 So. 2d 1038, 1992 WL 63128

Snippet: was pending, the liquor license was sold for $23,562.50, and the proceeds placed in an interest-bearing

Decker v. National Financial Realty Trust

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1991-12-18

Citation: 589 So. 2d 1045, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 12523, 1991 WL 269751

Snippet: and a habitual drunkard as required by section 562.50, Florida Statutes (1991). The trial court entered

Ellis v. NGN of Tampa, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1991-09-19

Citation: 586 So. 2d 1042, 16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 619, 1991 Fla. LEXIS 1625, 1991 WL 183088

Snippet: habitual drunkard's family as required by section 562.50, Florida Statutes (1987). The trial court granted

Ellis v. NGN of Tampa, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1990-04-18

Citation: 561 So. 2d 1209, 1990 WL 48621

Snippet: required as a predicate to liability in section 562.50, Florida Statutes (1987). The complaint was dismissed

Ochab v. Morrison, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-12-30

Citation: 517 So. 2d 763, 1987 WL 29152

Snippet: legislative intent from the provisions of section 562.50, Florida Statutes (1985). We perceive no such clear

Pritchard v. Jax Liquors, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-12-24

Citation: 499 So. 2d 926, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 38

Snippet: Hinnant was an habitual drunkard as required by § 562.50, Fla. Stat. The motion also asserted that § 768

Roberts v. Roman

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-10-12

Citation: 457 So. 2d 578, 9 Fla. L. Weekly 2184, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 15328

Snippet: statute here, section 562.50, Florida Statutes (1979), were not met. Section 562.50 states in part: Any

Crosby v. Fleming & Sons, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-03-02

Citation: 447 So. 2d 347

Snippet: wages, $160,300.77 for future lost wages, and $150,562.50 for pain and suffering, the sum total being $364

Lonestar Florida, Inc. v. Cooper

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-01-13

Citation: 408 So. 2d 758

Snippet: at the time in question were Sections 562.11 and 562.50, Florida Statutes (1979). These statutes prohibited

Jemco, Inc. v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-06-02

Citation: 400 So. 2d 499

Snippet: trial court awarded UPS attorneys' fees of $71,562.50. This amount consisted of two awards: (1) $11,750

State v. Wadsworth

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-05-01

Citation: 210 So. 2d 4

Snippet: apparently considers it a matter of habit. See § 562.50, Fla. Stat., F.S.A. prohibiting the supplying of

Mass v. Gordon

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1958-03-13

Citation: 101 So. 2d 836, 1958 Fla. App. LEXIS 2740

Snippet: to the plaintiff for the purchase price of $17,562.50, as shown by the statement rendered by the plaintiff

Kellogg-Citizens National Bank of Green Bay v. Felton

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1940-11-19

Citation: 199 So. 50, 145 Fla. 68, 1940 Fla. LEXIS 903

Snippet: of Green Bay, a corporation, for the sum of $1,562.50, besides costs, be and the same is hereby quashed

Clay v. Girdner

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1931-10-16

Citation: 138 So. 490, 103 Fla. 135

Snippet: made payable in 10 years, with interest notes of $562.50 each made payable every six months. The bill of