MORTON v. STAPLES

No. D-215.

141 So.2d 806 (1962)

JOHN J. MORTON, APPELLANT, v. ELMO STAPLES, FRANK CRAWFORD, AND GULF COAST STEEL BUILDINGS, INC., APPELLEES.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 31, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coe & Coe, Pensacola, for appellant.

Appellees not represented.


RAWLS, Judge.

Appeal, by plaintiff below, from the circuit judge's order granting a new trial.

Plaintiff was awarded judgment in a common law action tried on the merits before the circuit judge sitting without a jury. On motion timely filed by defendant, the trial judge granted a new trial. The order granting a new trial failed to state the ground or grounds therefor.

The sole point presented is the validity of an order granting a new trial when it...

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