SMOLLIN v. WILSON


74 So.2d 685 (1954)

Mae SMOLLIN and Saul A. Laven, Appellants v. W.R. WILSON, Susie Wilson, and W.R. Wilson, Jr., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

September 24, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Humkey, Henry Burnett and Fowler, White, Gillen, Yancey & Humkey, Miami, for appellants.

Nichols, Gaither, Green, Frates & Beckham, William C. Gaither, William S. Frates and Sam Daniels, Miami, for appellees.


MATHEWS, Justice.

This is a death case arising under the wrongful death statute, F.S.A. § 768.01 et seq. The appellants admitted liability but denied that there could be any recovery on the part of W.R. Wilson, Jr., because he was not dependent upon the deceased and if he was dependent, then the amount of recovery was excessive.

The question of the dependency of W.R. Wilson, Jr., who was a one-armed man, was a jury question. It was properly submitted...

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