BUTLER v. WATTS

No. 57-12.

103 So.2d 123 (1958)

J. Turner BUTLER and William A. Hallowes, III, Trustees of the property of Florida East Coast Railway Company, a corporation, Appellant, v. William Alexander WATTS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott, McCarthy, Preston, Steel & Gilleland and Dwight Sullivan, Miami, for appellant.

Nichols, Gaither, Green, Frates & Beckham, Miami, for appellee.


CARROLL, CHAS., Chief Judge.

The appellant, Florida East Coast Railway Company, was defendant in an action for personal injuries brought by the appellee William A. Watts under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A., § 51 et seq. The trial resulted in a jury verdict for the plaintiff for $80,000 on which judgment was entered for the plaintiff. A motion for new trial was denied, and this appeal was duly taken. The parties will be referred to from time...

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