Case Name: F. W. Woolworth Company, a Corporation, and Charles H. Johnson, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Mary N. McCloud, a Free Dealer, Defendant in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1929-04-16
Citations: 97 Fla. 590
Docket Number: 
Parties: F. W. Woolworth Company, a Corporation, and Charles H. Johnson, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Mary N. McCloud, a Free Dealer, Defendant in Error.
Judges: Terrell, C. J., and Whitfield, Ellis, Brown and Buford, J. J., and Johnson, Circuit Judge, concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 97
Pages: 590–591

Head Matter:
F. W. Woolworth Company, a Corporation, and Charles H. Johnson, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Mary N. McCloud, a Free Dealer, Defendant in Error.
En Banc.
Opinion filed April 16, 1929.
Petition for rehearing denied May 18, 1929.
Marks, Marks & Holt and Giles J. Patterson, for Plaintiffs in Error;
John T. G. Crawford and Philip S. May, for Defendant in Error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam
A judgment was rendered herein against the defendants below, plaintiffs in error here, for $17,500.00 damages, as joint tore feasors. Upon consideration of the record Mr. Chief Justice Terrell, Mr. Justice Whitfield and Mr. Justice Buford are of the opinion that on the particular facts shown the liability is joint, while Mr. Justice Ellis, Mr. Justice Brown and Circuit Judge Johnson, sitting in lieu of Mr. Justice Strum, disqualified, are of the opinion that the liability is not joint. All agree that the damages awarded are excessive. It is therefore considered, ordered and adjudged that if the plaintiff below shall remit $5,000.00 the judgment shall stand affirmed for $12,500.00, otherwise the judgment will stand reversed for a new trial. It is so ordered.
Terrell, C. J., and Whitfield, Ellis, Brown and Buford, J. J., and Johnson, Circuit Judge, concur.
Strum, J., disqualified.