E. M. G. Leather Arts, Inc. v. Central Truck Lines, Inc.

TILLMAN PEARSON, Judge.

The appellant E. M. G. Leather Arts, Inc., was the plaintiff in the trial court. The court directed a verdict for the defendant-appellee Central Truck Lines, Inc. at the close of plaintiff’s case. The action was for damages alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendant in the handling of goods owned by the plaintiff-appellant which were shipped on defendant’s truck line.

The elements necessary to prove a prima facie case in an action such as the one we have before us have been set out in American Ry. Exp. Co. v. Fegenbush, 107 Fla. 145, 144 So. 320: (1)…