Case Name: City of Jacksonville, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff in Error, v. Elizabeth Holmes and John M. Holmes, her husband, Defendants in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1930-10-04
Citations: 100 Fla. 812
Docket Number: 
Parties: City of Jacksonville, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff in Error, v. Elizabeth Holmes and John M. Holmes, her husband, Defendants in Error.
Judges: Terrell, C. J., and Whitpield, Ellis, Brown and Bupord, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 100
Pages: 812–812

Head Matter:
City of Jacksonville, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff in Error, v. Elizabeth Holmes and John M. Holmes, her husband, Defendants in Error.
En Banc.
Decision filed October 4, 1930.
Petition for rehearing denied October 31, 1930.
Austin Miller, Gov. Hutchinson, Emmet Safay and Harvey Mabry, for Plaintiff in Error;
Stanton Walker and Evan Evans, for Defendants in Error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
— This cause having heretofore been submitted to the Court upon the transcript of the record of the judgment herein, and briefs and argument of counsel for the respective parties, and the record having been seen, and inspected, and the court being now advised of its judgment to be given in the premises; it is considered, ordered and adjudged by the Court that if the plaintiff in the court below will enter a remittitur of $500.00 within fifteen days from the filing of the mandate in the court below, as of the date of the judgment, the remainder of the judgment, to-wit, in the sum of $750.00 will be allowed to stand as of the date thereof. Otherwise the judgment will be reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial.
Terrell, C. J., and Whitpield, Ellis, Brown and Bupord, J. J., concur.
Strum, J., did not participate.