Ingram v. Jacksonville Street Railroad
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of efror to the Circuit Court for Duval County. Statement. This suit was commenced in the Circuit Court by plaintiff in error against defendant in error, and the declaration alleged 'that the defendant, a corporation existing under the laws of Florida, was engaged on the 14th day of April, 1895, in the transportation for hire'of passengers along divers streets in the city of Jacksonville, Duval county, Florida, and on said date plaintiff tried to •secure a passage, and…
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Writ of efror to the Circuit Court for Duval County. Statement. This suit was commenced in the Circuit Court by plaintiff in error against defendant in error, and the declaration alleged 'that the defendant, a corporation existing under the laws of Florida, was engaged on the 14th day of April, 1895, in the transportation for hire'of passengers along divers streets in the city of Jacksonville, Duval county, Florida, and on said date plaintiff tried to •secure a passage, and became a passenger, on one of the ■cars of defendant then under the charge and control of said defendant and its agents…
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry, J.,
(After stating the facts.)
The case is disposed of on the abstract, to which no exceptions have been filed.
Several of the assignments of error are based upon the ruling' of the Court on the demurrer to the evidence, and one imputes error to the court in withdrawing the case from the jury and deciding it on the demurrer submitted. We are of opinion that the demurrer to the evidence in this case was not framed and submitted in accordance with the rule on the subject, and that the court erred in giving' judgment on it. The testimony offered by the plaintiff was parol, and we have no…
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