Legal Opinion

City of St. Petersburg v. Roach

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 28, 1941PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

The defendant in error, who was plaintiff in the circuit court, tripped in a depression in a sidewalk, with which she was unfamiliar, in the City of St. Petersburg, suffered painful injuries and in her suit for redress was given a verdict by the jury later sanctioned by thé court when motion for new trial was denied and judgment entered.

In presenting its position in this court the plaintiff in error has urged reversal of the judgment of the lower court principally because of alleged error on the part of the jury in their interpretation of the facts presented by the witnesses. This court is…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hamilton v. . City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  2. City of Key West v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Florida · 1915
  3. Emery v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  4. Isaacson v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  5. City of Clearwater v. Gautier, Et Vir.Supreme Court of Florida · 1935

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Mullis v. City of MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
  2. Hannewacker v. City of Jacksonville BeachSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  3. Anderson v. South Carolina Department of Highways & Public TransportationSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1996
  4. Leon v. City of MiamiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  5. Pividal v. City of MiamiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958

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