Case Name: J. B. Colt Company, Plaintiff in Error, vs. H. P. Gainey, Defendant in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1931-10-01
Citations: 102 Fla. 1065
Docket Number: 
Parties: J. B. Colt Company, Plaintiff in Error, vs. H. P. Gainey, Defendant in Error.
Judges: Whitfiedd, Ellis, Terrell and Davis, J.J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 102
Pages: 1065–1066

Head Matter:
J. B. Colt Company, Plaintiff in Error, vs. H. P. Gainey, Defendant in Error.
136 So. 698.
En Bane.
Opinion filed October 1, 1931.
J. L. Frasee,-for Plaintiff in Error;
E. M. Johns, for Defendant in Error.

Opinion:
Buford, C.J.
— In this case there were pleas of failure of consideration. "Verdict was directed in favor of the defendant on the theory that plaintiff did not meet the burden of proof as is required. Davis v. Leighton, 80 Fla. 594, 86 South. Rep. 564.
Assuming that the burden of proof to meet the plea of failure of consideration was on the plaintiff, there was some evidence to prove valuable consideration for the execution and delivery of the notes constituting the cause of action. This evidence consisted of the notes and proof of delivery and installation of the property for which the notes were given with the written statement by the defendant that the delivery and installation was satisfactory. "Whether this prima facie showing of consideration was overcome by the evidence offered by the defendant or was sufficient to establish consideration without failure thereof was a jury question and it was error for the court to instruct a verdict.
The judgment is reversed.
Reversed.
Whitfiedd, Ellis, Terrell and Davis, J.J., concur.
Brown, J., concurs specially.