PER CURIAM.
The plaintiff George William Stewart appeals an order granting a new trial after jury verdict against the defendant, Standard Oil Company of Kentucky, and Jack Patrick Byrd.
A motion for new trial should be granted only in the exercise of the sound, considered discretion of the trial court, and when granted should not be disturbed unless there is a clear showing that such authority has been abused. Cloud v. Fallis, Fla. 1959,
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