WISE v. JACKSONVILLE GAS CORPORATION

No. A-56.

97 So.2d 704 (1957)

Ruby WISE, Appellant, v. JACKSONVILLE GAS CORPORATION, Appellee. JACKSONVILLE GAS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Ruby WISE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

Rehearing Denied November 22, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennings, Watts, Clarke & Hamilton, Jacksonville, for appellant.

John O. Jackson, Gerald R. Hart and William B. Dawson, III, Jacksonville, for appellee.


WIGGINTON, Judge.

Appellant, Ruby Wise, sued appellee, Jacksonville Gas Corporation, for damages resulting from injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the gas company. The latter denied negligence and alternatively pleaded contributory negligence. The jury found for Ruby Wise, awarded damages in the sum of $15,000, and judgment was entered thereon. Thereafter, the gas company moved for a new trial on the grounds...

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