103 Fla. 284
137 So 249
Decided October 27, 1931
Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1931-10-27
Relies on Carney v. Stringfellow
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Decided 1931-10-27
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently November 1960
18 state decisions
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¶1 (Dissenting) :—Merely because the verdict would have been set aside on motion for a new trial is no warrant to sustain -direction of a verdict. This court h-as said the principles controlling setting aside verdicts and directing verdicts are not the same. Sec. 73 Fla. 700. Directed verdict' would be error no matter what the weight of the evidence was in favor of defendant under the authorities.
¶2 Brown, J., concurs.