Case ID: fla_77/html/0701-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Per Curiam.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Florida East Coast Railway Company, a Corporation Plaitniff in Error, v. A. J. Meacham, Defendant in Error.
    
    Opinion filed May 19, 1919.
    Petition for Reharing denied June 9, 1919.
    A Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Palm Beach County; E. B. Donnell, Judge.
    Reversed.
    
      E. Bly, Armstead Brown and M. D. Carmichael, for ' Plaintiff in Error-
    
      E. L. Bussey, for Defendant in Error.
   Per Curiam.

— Meacham recovered a judgment for damages to an automibile by defendant’s train. Defendant appealed.

As there was evidence of negligence of the plaintiff that directly contributed to the loss, and as from 'the amount of the verdict it is apparent that the damages were not apportioned by the jury in proportion to the plaintiff’s fault as required by the statute, the judgment should be and is reversed. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Weir, 63 Fla. 69, 74, 58 South. Rep. 641.

Brown, C. J., and Taylor, Whitfield,, Ellis and West, JJ., concur.