Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Knickerbocker

For opinions on previous writs of error herein see S. A. L. Ry. v. Knickerbocker, 84 Fla. 399, 94 So. R. 501; Knickerbocker et al. v. S. A. L. Ry., 91 Fla. 13, 107 So. R. 251.

To a judgment awarding damages in $20,000.00 this writ of error was taken. A consideration of the entire record leads to the conclusion that no reversible errors are made to appear except that the damages assessed are excessive.

It is therefore ordered and adjudged that if the plaintiffs remit $8,000.00 the judgment will stand affirmed for the remainder, as of date of judgment, otherwise the judgment will stand reversed…