Legal Opinion
Southern Utilities Co. v. Davis
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 20, 1925PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
Mamie Davis recovered a judgment in the sum of $14,000 against Southern Utilities Company for the negligent death of her husband, J. C. Davis. A former judgment in the sum of $18,000 was reversed by this Court for insufficiency of evidence to support it. Southern Utilities Company v. Davis, 83 Fla. 366, 92 So. 683.
Reversal is now sought on the ground of contributory negligence, excessiveness of the verdict, insufficiency of the evidence to support it, and for other grounds immaterial to mention here.
We have considered all the assignments carefully and while there is substantial evidence…
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