NELSON v. ZIEGLER


89 So.2d 780 (1956)

Carl Lewis NELSON, Appellant, v. Roberta ZIEGLER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Mehlman and Paty, Downey & Paty, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Farish & Farish and Earnest, Smith, Jones, Paine & Cone, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


THORNAL, Justice.

Appellant Nelson, the plaintiff below, seeks reversal of a judgment based on a directed verdict for appellee Ziegler, who was defendant below, in an automobile negligence case.

The question before us is whether the trial judge properly directed a verdict for the appellee-defendant at the conclusion of presentation of all of the testimony.

At about 12:45 a.m., February 21, 1954, appellant Nelson, dressed in evening clothes, left the...

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