Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Watt & Sinclair of Florida, Inc. v. Bird

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided May 28, 1937Published

1Opinion

On Petition for Rehearing.

Brown, J.

The petition for rehearing states that this Court omitted and failed to decide a vital question in this case. The question referred to is in substance this:. When at the conclusion of all the evidence in a case the defendant moves the court for an instructed verdict, which he is en titled to, and the defendant is compelled to take a writ of error to reverse an adverse verdict 'and judgment, which reversal he secures, is he not upon a remand of the case entitled,to a judgment as a matter of law?

If it were necessai-y or appropriate for us to rule upon this…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Baltimore & Carolina Line, Inc. v. RedmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Gravette v. TurnerSupreme Court of Florida · 1919
  3. Dudley v. Harrison, McCready & Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1937
  4. Watt & Sinclair of Florida, Inc. v. HunterSupreme Court of Florida · 1937
  5. Rivers v. City of GainesvilleSupreme Court of Florida · 1934

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