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MATHIS v. BUTLER

No. 1696.

128 So.2d 142 (1961)

Nita MATHIS, Appellant, v. J. Turner BUTLER and William A. Hallowes, III, as Trustees of the property of the Florida East Coast Railway, a Florida corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

March 24, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller, Cone, Owen, Wagner & Nugent, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Scott, McCarthy, Preston, Steel & Gilleland, Miami, and Harold B. Wahl, Jacksonville, for appellees.

GERALD, LYNN, Associate Judge.

The appellant, plaintiff below, brought a wrongful death action against the defendant railroad for the death of her husband. After trial by jury, verdict was returned for the plaintiff in the sum of $15,000. Defendants moved for new trial and the Trial Court entered a remittitur of $5,000 or alternatively granted a new trial. Plaintiff accepted the remittitur but defendant then petitioned for rehearing. At hearing on defendant's petition...

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