State Road Department v. Winters

CARROLL, DONALD K., Acting Chief Judge.

The petitioner in a condemnation action has appealed from an order entered by the Circuit Court for Duval County granting a new trial.

The principal question presented for our determination in this appeal is whether the said court abused its judicial discretion in entering that order on the stated grounds that the verdict was contrary to the evidence and that the compensation awarded in the verdict was below the lowest value fixed by the evidence.

The appellant instituted this condemnation action in the said court against a number of defendants, including…