Airlift International, Inc. v. Linee Aeree Italiane, S. p. A.

Appellee, Linee Aeree Italiane, S. p. A., was plaintiff in an action sounding in re-plevin. The complaint alleged that the true value of the property which was the subject matter of the suit was $20,000.00. The replevin bond required of plaintiff by *110§ 78.07, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., which bond must be in an amount at least double the value of the property, had a face value of $40,-000.00. At the conference on requested jury instructions, after all evidence had been presented, plaintiff filed a motion requesting that it be allowed to amend the ad damnum clause of the complaint to allege a value “in…