Florida Reports

Some states have official and unofficial case reporter systems. Florida Reports was the official case reporter series that reported the decisions of the Florida Supreme Court from 1846 through 1948 in 160 volumes. When an official reporter exists court rules often require citation to both the official and unofficial reporter.https://commons.law.famu.edu/hawkins-research-1/1015/thumbnail.jp

Consult Primary Authorities--Step Three in the Research Process--Case Law

The student would also use case law to learn about Florida’s treatment of abortion laws. To read Eggart v. State, using the citation provided by Florida Law and Practice, the student would have gone to volume 25 of the Southern Reporter and opened it to page 527. From the case, they would learn the history of Florida’s antiabortion statute and how it could be used to convict, of manslaughter, anyone who set out to cause a woman to miscarry. The first page of the Eggart case is to the left; the entire case can be found by scrolling down to the bottom of the “Historical Print Research Project No. 1: Abortion” site and clicking on the document. The citation is Eggart v. State, 40 Fla. 527, 25 So. 144 (1898).https://commons.law.famu.edu/hawkins-research-1/1014/thumbnail.jp

Eggart v. State, 40 Fla. 527 (1898)

This 1898 case addressed the crime of unlawfully administering drugs and other noxious things with the intent to procure a miscarriage.https://commons.law.famu.edu/hawkins-research-1/1021/thumbnail.jp