Legal Opinion
Dent v. Margaret Ann Super Markets
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided April 20, 1951PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
52 So.2d 130 (1951)
DENT
v.
MARGARET ANN SUPER MARKETS, Inc.
Supreme Court of Florida, Division B.
April 20, 1951.
Cushman, Woodard & Gotthardt, Miami, for appellant.
Choate & Sinclair, Miami, for appellee.
ROBERTS, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order granting a motion for new trial in a suit filed by appellant against appellee to recover damages for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution, a verdict having been returned in appellant's favor.
This court has many times held that the granting of a new trial rests primarily in the sound legal discretion of the trial court, and that his…
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