Legal Opinion
A. C. L. R. R. Co. v. Alverson
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 26, 1928PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The writ of error was taken to a judgment awarding $20,000.00 damages for alleged personal injuries.
In all cases "the evidence should in probative force not only preponderate in favor of the verdict found, but the evidence should produce in the minds of the jury a reasonable belief of the facts essential to the verdict." Escambia County Light and Power Co. v. Sutherland, 61 Fla. 167, text 194, 55 So.2d Rep. 83; Seaboard Air Line Ry. v. Royal Palm Soap Co., 80 Fla. 800, 86 So.2d Rep. 835. And a trial court should not sustain a verdict when it is not in accord with the manifest weight of the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Schultz v. Pacific InsuranceSupreme Court of Florida · 1872
- Escambia County Electric Light & Power Co. v. SutherlandSupreme Court of Florida · 1911
- Tampa Water Works Co. v. MuggeSupreme Court of Florida · 1910
- Miller v. WhiteSupreme Court of Florida · 1887
- Murphy v. MarinoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1952
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Jacksonville Traction Co. v. GreeneSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
- Crawford v. HinsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
- Smith v. Jackson CountySupreme Court of Florida · 1937
- Saporito v. BoneDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. McIntoshSupreme Court of Florida · 1940
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