BALLARD v. HOPKINS

No. 2716.

142 So.2d 738 (1962)

Ellis W. BALLARD et ux., Appellants, v. Wilson W. HOPKINS, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Bradford Smith; Boone, Smith, Hazen & Isphording, Venice, for appellants.

Grimes, Grimes & Goebel, Bradenton, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the trial judge directing the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant in a negligence action.

Although the parties to this appeal have not raised the question, an examination of the record discloses a question of this Court's jurisdiction. The notice of appeal filed in this cause on July 31, 1961, was as follows:

"* * * [T]o review the final judgment in favor of the defendant, Wilson W. Hopkins...

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