Hammett v. Lyte Lyne, Inc.

ALLEN, Acting Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by Charles Hammett, defendant below, from an order granting the plaintiff a new trial. The order granting the new trial did not give the judge’s reasons therefor. In a series of cases our Supreme Court has held that in the absence of the judge’s reason for granting a new trial, such an order must be reversed, except under certain conditions. See Kent v. Tallahassee Motor Co., 141 Fla. 789, 193 So. 821; Booker v. Saunders Realty Co., Fla.1951, S3 So.2d 912; Ebersole v. Tepperman, Fla.1953, 65 So.2d 564.

In Kent v. Tallahassee Motor Co., supra, the…