Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Alverson
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 26, 1928PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
The writ of error was taken to a judgment awarding $20,000.00 damages for alleged personal injuries.
In all eases “the evidence should in probative force not only preponderate in favor of the verdict found, but the evidence should produce in the minds of the jury a reasonable belief of the facts essential to the verdict. ’ ’ Escambia County Light and Power Co. v. Sutherland, 61 Fla. 167, text 194, 55 So. Rep. 83; Seaboard Air Line Ry. v. Royal Palm Soap Co., 80 Fla. 800, 86 So. Rep. 835. And a trial court should not sustain a verdict when it is not in accord with the manifest weight of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Schultz v. Pacific InsuranceSupreme Court of Florida · 1872
- Escambia County Electric Light & Power Co. v. SutherlandSupreme Court of Florida · 1911
- Tampa Water Works Co. v. MuggeSupreme Court of Florida · 1910
- Miller v. WhiteSupreme Court of Florida · 1887
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Royal Palm Soap Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1920
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Crawford v. HinsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
- Smith v. Jackson CountySupreme Court of Florida · 1937
- Saporito v. BoneDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
- Motor Transit Co. v. DriverSupreme Court of Florida · 1935