BUTLER v. BARR

No. 58-616.

114 So.2d 700 (1959)

J. Turner BUTLER and William A. Hallowes as Successor Trustees of the property of the Florida East Coast Railway Company, a corporation, Appellants, v. Lila Elizabeth BARR, a widow, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott, McCarthy, Preston, Steel & Gilleland, Jerry B. Crockett, Miami, Russell L. Frink, Jacksonville, for appellants.

Lawrence V. Hastings and Phillip Goldman, Miami, for appellee.


PEARSON, Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendants, trustees of the Florida East Coast Railway Company, in a death action. The cause was tried before a jury and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff-widow. Final judgment was entered on the verdict after denial of post trial motions. The railroad questions the sufficiency of the evidence pertaining to the issue of liability and assigns as error the denial of its motion for a directed verdict, made at the conclusion...

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